Drivers’ Ed Teachers’ Pet Peeves Cause Plenty Of Accidents Long After The Road Test

Drivers’ ed is like rehearsing for a play.  Some parts you easily memorize, but others you must drill over and over again.  The instructor’s role is to keep fussing at you until you can get through the entire routine without prompting.  On opening night, the cast perform their parts, and at the end, the audience applauds; perhaps the leading actors’ families give them flowers as they leave the stage.  Likewise, on your big day, you go to the DMV and take the road test; you don’t let it mess you up that the examiner wears a poker face whereas your own drivers’ ed teacher would wince and squeal about every tiny mistake.  When it is finished, you drive home with your new driver’s license.  Of course, ask any professional actor to recite the lines he or she performed in a play ten years ago, and you will probably get an awkward silence.  You, too, have probably forgotten most of what you rehearsed for the road test, and so have most of the other drivers on the road.  If you got injured in a car accident because the at fault driver made a mistake that a drivers’ ed teacher could have spotted from miles away, contact a Columbia car accident lawyer.

Assuming That Your Car Can See Everything You Can’t See

Cars are much better today at saving drivers from themselves than the cars from a generation ago were.  Today, lights flash in your side view mirror if a car is in your blind spot or otherwise too close to allow for a safe lane change.  Rear-facing cameras help you see what is behind you, and if you don’t pay close enough attention, the car will beep, or even brake if necessary, to stop you from colliding with another car or whatever else is behind you.  Technology makes mistakes, too, though, so your car’s vigilance is no substitute for your own caution.

Stop Signs

Plowing through a four-way stop is one of the most dangerous things a driver can do, and you would never be so reckless as to do it.  If you merely slow down at stop signs instead of stopping long enough to look in every direction, you could end up in the middle of the intersection when someone else comes speeding along.

Following Other Drivers Too Closely

Rear-end collisions are a common cause of fender benders, but they can also cause more serious accidents at high speed.  If you collide with the car in front of you on the highway when traffic is flowing freely, you can cause a multi-vehicle pileup.

Let Us Help You Today

The personal injury lawyers at the Stanley Law Group can help you if you got injured in a car accident due to a mistake that everyone learns in driver’s ed how to avoid.  Contact The Stanley Law Group in Columbia, South Carolina or call (803)799-4700 for a free initial consultation.

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