Is Driving the Main Reason for Traffic Accidents

Road accidents are the most unwanted things to happen to a driver. Traffic accidents are unfortunately very common in the world and the majority of these road crashes are caused by human acts. Thousands of people are killed every year by these horrible accidents. There are too many reasons for these accidents.

Definitely, speeding increases the chance of accidents and increases death risk, speeding can be the main reason for traffic accidents because most of the fatal accidents occur due to over speeding. The faster you drive, the slower your reaction time will be if you need to prevent an accident. As a matter of fact, the brakes won't stop the car as fast as you go.

Secondly, one of the major reasons for road accidents is reckless driving we can mention drunk driving, avoiding safety gears and being interested in something different while driving. When you drive drunk your reaction time to the events on the road will be ten times slower than normal. Avoiding safety gear doesn't prevent crashes but they can prevent you from death or decreases the risk of death. Last but not least distraction can also be one of the reasons, adjusting mirrors while driving, controlling the music and radio, being engrossed in something while driving will end up with an accident. Because the previous Sunday i was climbing to the Bolu mountain and I was engrossed with the snow while driving and the car slide to the out of the way.

Another reason can be the condition of the way such as the potholes, oil , snow, ice, slippery roads, deadly curves, broken barriers, the things that poured to the road and the traffic accidents that occurred before and road rages can cause multiple vehicle collisions and can be very deadly. When you are cruising on the road you may not escape from a pothole and if you are fast your car can bounce and flip over. Your car can slide in deadly curves if the road is slippery due to snow, ice or oil.

Even more, panic is also a major reason for car crashes, equanimity is necessary for a driver because when you face the risk of traffic, panic can lock you up and you can not react to anything that happened, and you, unfortunately, can die in vain.

All things considered, the main reason for traffic accidents is speed when you obey the laws of the traffic you will decrease the risk of accidents and death. The life is in your own hands like the steering wheel. Hold your life in your hands like you are holding the steering wheel.

This article was prepared by Numan Kuru.