Driving A Car.

[Canary42]

With all these crashes (far far more injuries/deaths than from stabbings) and no police deterrent, how do we protect ourselves ?
I’m getting an armoured vehicle.
How about you ?

[EDDIE51]

No need for an armoured car . Just be certain you ALWAYS wear a correctly adjusted seat belt . (a badly adjusted belt or loose belt can be worse than no belt at all !)

[EDDIE51]

Road crashes have ALWAYS caused FAR , FAR more deaths and injuries than crime ! It is just not 'newsworthy' so gets little attention in the papers/TV news !

[naomi24]

When I was learning to drive, my instructor said, “Always consider every other driver on the road to be an idiot and never trust any of them to do the right thing. That way you will always be prepared for stupidity”. It’s stood me in good stead.

[Tilly2]

My instructor said the very same thing, Naomi. :-)

[Old_Geezer]

I take life's risks in my stride. The benefits outweigh the risks.

[TonyV]

yes similar thing said by my instructor always stuck in my mind, can remember incident on a lesson when somebody opened car door 10 yards in front of me, tested my breaking skills. on day of my test it was icy so emergency stop required some tandom breaking, only comment from tester was "do it a bit quicker next time" passed me though

[Old_Geezer]

But maybe soon we'll all be safe in self driving cars.
Then the speed limits can be removed.

[drmorgans]

Around 1,800 people a year are killed on the UK's roads (and about a quarter of them are pedestrians). But some 600,000 people in the UK each die a year: around a quarter of cancer (140,000) and another quarter of heart disease and other circulatory problems (160,000).

So if you are really worried about risk factors, I would try to lead a healthy lifestyle, give up smoking, don't drink too much, eat a balanced diet and get plenty of exercise. Oh and live in the country, not a (heavily polluted) city or large town.

[naomi24]

Tony, when I was taking my test someone stepped out right in front of me from behind a parked car - and I was very grateful to him. I passed!!

[woofgang]

looks like your joke fell flat canary

[4candles]

@naomi @Tilly
My instructor said the same, and added - "assume that there's an immovable object just beyond your line of sight - one day there will be!"

[Hopkirk]

OH, self driving cars won't happen.

However it won't belong before cars won't physically be allowed to exceed speed limits.

[Hopkirk]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/02/27/all-new-cars-to-have-speed-limiters-fitted-rules-european-parliament/#767e6ba3d145

[nicebloke1]

Anticipation is key to safer driving.

[TonyV]

yes nicebloke, I always try and look 2 or 3 cars in front