Quote Originally Posted by nigel View Post
I once passed an advanced driving test with the I.A.M. It is something worth doing, but the driving lessons can be expensive of course...I have some quick advice for everyone driving..

1 The majority of road crashes are 'rear end shunts' in other words, it's when you crash into the back of someone - or they crash into the back of you! When we have our driving lessons they teach us to keep our distance from the vehicle in front so we've got plenty of braking space when we need to stop. And for good reason! Keeping your distance from the vehicle in front is VERY important, it's rare that drivers realize this though. You might think that all this keep your distance stuff is a fuss about nothing, but it's actually the biggest 'cause of accidents!

2 The second biggest 'cause of accidents is drivers crossing priority, in other words, turning right when your supposed give way to the oncoming traffic, forgetting to give way to the right at roundabouts, and I guess that it probably includes driving through red lights aswell. Turning right is something that scares me a bit, if you forget to consider the oncoming traffic, that could lead to a very nasty smash!

3 The third biggest 'cause of accidents is a loss of control, in other words, you drive round that bend too fast and end up in a ditch!

Stuff worth knowing methinks! Another thing I'd like to quickly to mention, head rests are not there for you to rest your head on! The purpose of the head rest is to protect your neck when someone crashes into the back of you! I suspect that head rests have saved many people from getting serious whiplash injuries (you can get a broken neck!) The top of the head rest should be at the same level as the top of your ear! (roughly)

One other thing, cars airbags have been known to kill children younger than 5, 'cause the airbags go off with such ferocity I presume - it seems these are incredibly rare freak accidents, but it has been known to happen! I think I'd prefer to keep youngsters in the back seats, but you might think I'm fussing too much!

It's always sad when someone dies in a crash, we play Russian roullette with our lives when we drive! If you take note of what I've said here and concentrate when driving, you ought to be ok...
Her car hit the post, there is a huge potato farm in that area and it's always muddy in that area but they always clean their mess. But that day, it was not clean but horrible and muddy. It was happened at 5:00 a.m. She died of chest injury according to other friend.

You're right it's really sad when someone dies in a crash. She was a nice friend who always our peacemaker in the group. She was not that really happy living in the UK. That was she always moan to me. She said her husband works fulltime but wages goes only for house rent, bills and debts. She wanted to land a job but she has 2 year old son.