Did you know that car accidents are not necessarily caused by
accidents? In fact most accidents are not accidents at all but
are caused by collisions which could have been avoided if only
the drivers were alert enough. There are several factors that
contribute to majority cases of collisions and these are as
follows: equipment failure, roadway design, poor roadway
maintenance and then the driver?s behavior. According to studies
conducted on car accidents almost 95% of the accident can be
blamed on the driver?s recklessness in driving either due to
excessive speeding or due to aggressive driver behaviors.
However, the remaining three factors are just considered as
secondary causes of car accidents. In order to fully understand
each of these causes it is important to tackle each one by one.
EQUIPMENT FAILURE The most common equipment failures are due to
loss of brakes, tire blowouts, thread separation and then the
steering and suspension failure. Nevertheless, such equipment
failures should not be blamed on the car manufacturers since
they have made all possible effort in providing their
manufactured cars with safety features that are in accordance to
the minimum safety standard in order to ensure the safety of
their clients. Moreover, equipment failures only constitute 5%
of the total car accidents reported.
ROADWAY DESIGN Roadway designs are the rarest cause of car
accidents, it?s because roadway designs are a collaboration of
all transportation experts that have years of experience when it
comes to road construction as well as in effective traffic
management system. Aside from that, roadways are constructed by
engineers with consideration to the following: hazard
visibility, roadway surfaces, traffic control devices,
behavioral control devices, traffic flow, roadway identification
signs and weather.
POOR ROADWAY MAINTENANCE Although there have reported cases of
car accidents caused by poor roadway maintenance however the
frequency of which is not enough to consider it a major cause of
car accidents.
DRIVER?S ROAD BEHAVIOR The most common caused of car accidents
are due to errors committed by drivers while driving. It is a
common fact that people tend to blame faults on almost anything
they can find to put the blame on for whatever wrong or mishap
they caused. In fact, most studies related to car accidents
shows that drivers in car accident situations tend to blame the
other party for the whole car accident fiasco and only a very
little percentage of drivers involved in car accidents actually
confessed of being the one responsible. And also, studies
further shows proofs that over speeding due to the aggressive
behaviors of some drivers as well as the habit of drinking then
driving often lead to car accidents.
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About the author:
Jinky C. Mesias is a lover of simple things and of nature. She
spends most of her time reading and writing poetry.
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