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Originally Posted by blizzak
Honestly, i'm trying to fathom what the point of the last two posts was. I am not saying i'll never do anything stupid, but if I do, I won't throw the blame elsewhere. If I crash into something, it will be MY OWN FAULT. I won't blame the road or the car or something that distracted me, it was me behind the goddamn wheel.
Just because I don't have as much experience as some of you, doesn't mean I can't give my opinion on accidents and stupid drivers. I'd appreciate if everyone over (insert age here) would stop looking down on everyone under (insert age here) on this forum. Seems like blatant stereotyping to me.
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Dude, I'm only 23, yet I know enough to know that you can't prevent accidents from happening. And yes, accidents DO happen when you're behind the wheel of a car. Have you ever hydroplaned? People lose control of their cars every day because of it, yet it's something they could not prevent. Where I live, there is usually water on the road, so yes, I drive cautiously. But even caution cannot tell you where the road is a little more rutted than usual, and where more water has gathered than you expect. How about black ice? There's another thing you can't possibly prepare for, and if you've ever hit it, it's among the scariest things imaginable.
I recently got into a spot of trouble while coming down a slightly snowy hillside. Was I going the appropriate speed? I was going well below it, actually. Do I know how to drive in snow? Yes, I've done it many times. Had I downshifted to help control my speed? Absolutely. Yet despite all of my precautions, my car went into a skid. I controlled the skid as best I could but still ended up in a snowbank. All of my passengers will agree with me when I say I did my best given the conditions and the situation. Was there anything purposeful about it? Absolutely not. There is no way I could have predicted my car would have gone into a skid, and I did absolutely everything I could to prevent it (short of putting on chains). Therefore it was--gasp!--an ACCIDENT.
I should also note no one was hurt--the only thing broken was the tow hitch that popped off when they had to pull the car out of the snowbank.