Car accidents

    Why do so many accidents occur? Car accidents can happen to drivers anytime and anywhere.  In general, about twenty million people die or become injured because of car accidents each year nationwide. Even with the technology that society has today, and with new safety advances for vehicles, millions of people lose their lives.  People should understand that they have to take extra precautions when they drive, especially knowing that the main reasons why people get in car accidents are: human error, climate and mechanical failure.

     Some of the most important factors the human error and about violation of the rules can be exceeding the speed limit, using alcohol or using cell phones. Exceeding the speed limit can be considered one of the the top causes off all car accidents because all humans want to get to places quicker. Because drivers lose control of their driving, accidents occur, which even results in deaths. The other important factor in the violation of rules can be with using alcohol before driving. Although there are punishments about this issue, drivers keep doing. While using alcohol, your brain stops working signifianthy and that’s why drivers can not focus on the road and their reflexes deviate from reacting normally. Another distraction which takes drivers' attention and is very common today, is when people use their cell phones while driving. Texting and speaking on the phone requires one hand and it distracts the attention of the driver.  Even though the driver is looking on the road, he/she can be easily distracted by the conversation. This can result in fatal accidents.

      The other important factor in traffic accidents is climate. Snow, rain and fog can aggravate the hazards and cause car accidents. When the road is  in a very bad condition especially when the weather is bad, it is covered with snow and under some ice, the vehicles slip on the road and accidents occur.  Rain also can cause traffic accidents because of the dense rain drops and poor visibility. The road can be slippery and also on the sides of the road it can form water puddles which can result in aquaplaning. The third factor about car accidents is the fog because when it is foggy outside you have poor visibility and you can’t see if an obstacle is in front of the car.

      The last category that can lead to car accidents is mechanical failure. This could be brakes, tire explosion and engine on fire. In this case only the first two can be prevented from happening an accident, by checking the car regularly.  The third case, when the engine is on fire you cannot do anything to avoid this happening. Is good to go with the car to the machanic regulary and in this way he can tell us how is the car working and he can advise what to change on that. In this way we can readuce the risk of car accidents.

      Driver distraction, climate and mechanical failure are the leading causes of car accidents. In order to safely drive a car, we must give the road our full attention. If everybody tries to eliminate these problems by following the rules of the road, driving can be less dangerous. The only thing you can do in other cases is to be cautious and try to react as well as you can.Even if you drive extremely carefuly, you can still get into an accident, but hopefully it wouldn’t be something serious. As long as you keep your distance and drive with reduced speed, you should be fine.