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I am not afraid of driving, but I do stay hypervigilant on the road. I see things that are about to happen, things that happen behind me, both sides of me, how a driver I am approaching behaves, and when I pass (if they happen to stand out), what they were doing. I treat driving like I would if I was hunting on foot in africa. In other words, I watch everything, and anything that seems out of place makes me watch it more closely and prepare for a reaction. I wasn't always like that, but since I've been involved in 2 wrecks now, I watch much more closely. The first one was the worst, a 70+mph sideswipe from an old lady trying to pass a crowd at the last second, and the next one was just me, tire was low or flat on a rainy day and I slid out of control and nailed a pole.
My wife is not as observant, but she tries. She's given to multitasking in the car, like many women, and hits curbs and crap. Her big wreck was running a red light and t-boning a SUV. Fortunately no one was hurt.
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