…Children singing, all the blinkin’ time
With logs on the fire and gifts on the tree
Don’t give me lip, or crash into me!
It’s a bad time of year for motoring, can’t say I care for it much myself; there are a million and one more hazards (almost) when driving ... Read review
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...being one of the xmas accident statistics for 2006.
I am mostly looking at road rage as a potential cause of accidents in this review with a few other things thrown in.
What is Road rage…Grrrrrr! Road rage is the irrational surge of anger towards another motorist - has many different causes, such as tailgating, cutting people off or the "theft" of a parking space. Studies have shown that drivers consistently ... ...the cause of many more accident on the highways and byways of 21st century Britain, particularly if you have children in the car.
Consequences- Major aggravation, headaches, builds of tension that can lead to poor driving and accidents. Allow yourself to descend to this and Santa will be very cross with you and may not bring you any presents this year.
Solution – Don’t be a loudmouth. For one thing you will ... more
…Children singing, all the blinkin’ time With logs on the fire and gifts on the tree Don’t give me lip, or crash into me!
It’s a bad time of year for motoring, can’t say I care for it much myself; there are a million and one more hazards (almost) when driving in winter conditions. What with drunks driving home from the Xmas office party, and wise men and shepherds migrating from one end of the country to the other to visit relatives and loved ones, and baby messiahs, all thinking more of what Christmas day will bring than what is on the road in front, the highways and byways are not a safe place to be.
Unless you are Santa Claus and have a sled pulled by reindeer, chances are you will be stuck in the Christmas traffic, so try to remain full of Christmas cheer, and try to maintain ‘goodwill to all men’. Christmas is an extremely stressful time for everyone and this frustration often shows itself on the roads and often causes accidents. It is often drink-fuelled fury, especially at Christmas, and we all want to survive to December 25th to open our pressies so think on, and bear the following in mind to both avoid Xmas road range, and prevent yourself giving it to others, and avoid being one of the xmas accident statistics for 2006.
I am mostly looking at road rage as a potential cause of accidents in this review with a few other things thrown in.
What is Road rage…Grrrrrr! Road rage is the irrational surge of anger towards another motorist - has many different causes, such as tailgating, cutting people off or the "theft" of a parking space. Studies have shown that drivers consistently overestimate their own driving skills, while believes other road users to be less adequate. This year, over two million people around the world are going to die in traffic accidents. In 10 years, that's 20 million people.
“Mad? I was flippin’ furious…he cut right out in front of me, if I see him again I’ll bash his bloomin’ brains in”. Hey! stay calm buddy because you’re well on your way to having an accident, which could lead to serious or permanent injury.
It has been an increasingly frightening trend on our roads today, the phenomenon of road rage, and is the cause of many accidents.
A recent RAC survey on road rage found that more than half of drivers had been sworn at, more than two thirds had been the target of abusive hand signals, 600,000 had been attacked or punched and over a million drivers had been rammed by another car. Not the festive spirit is it?
TYPES OF ROAD RAGE
1.Horn Honkers- level one road rage
This is the most basic type of road rage, and probably the oldest. We are all guilty of honking our horns at other motorists at some time or another, and not always for the right reason, often it is as a result of pent up anger and frustration.It is an offence to use your horn in a manner, other than to warn or alert other motorists, it is not there to use as a badgering device to get people to move or vent your anger.
Domino effect- the trouble with horn honkers is that once one person does it, it sets up a domino effect, in a line of traffic and before you know it the next person in front of you is honking, and then the next and so on, so that in the end all you have is a cacophony of noise, and no one knows who, how or what started it. ! So in the end it is ultimately useless causes more anger collectively and leads to peoples driving badly and causes accidents. It also promotes other types of more drastic road rage.
Consequences- minor irritation, headaches, builds of tension that can lead to poor driving and accidents.
Solution – Don’t Honk. Don’t be a honkey it isn’t clever and it solves nothing. If you play the motor horn as a musical instrument, and legitimate pastime please wait until you get home and then you can play Mozart’s horn concerto to your hearts content.
2. Finger wagers- level two road rage
The wise guy who want to give you driving advice, by gesticulation and sign language rather than aurally. I had this chap on a motorcycle ride past me the other week and he obviously thought we had cut him up because, as he cruised, by he turned on his motorcycle and looking straight at us driving one handed looked, turned his head almost 180 degrees behind him, not looking where he was going at 70mph, and casually waged his finger as to say “naughty, naughty”, which I thought was just plain ridiculous. I was waiting for him to ride SLAP BANG in to the back of a lorry or something. I don’t know what it is about people on the roads these days but it seems to be so confrontational to the point of playground sensibilities and ethics.
Stuck at the traffic lights, I have seen countless episode of finger pointing, hand gestures, and signalling most of it “unparliamentary” and none of it in the Highway Code. Maybe they should introduce a new section in the Highway Code covering abusive hand gestures and how to send an appropriate insult to the motorist, of your choice. The one, two, or three-fingered salute depending on your mood and level of aggravation.
Consequences- Major irritation, aggravation, headaches, lack of concentration on what is happening on the road, which can lead to poor driving and accidents. Taking your hand off the wheel at any time is dangerous and can easily give rise to an accident.
Solution – Don’t wag, semaphore went out as a viable means of communication when Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Unless you have medical condition that means you have to wave your arms about (in which case you shouldn’t be driving anyway) keep your hands on the bloomin’ wheel. Don't rise to any challenges while you are driving, drive at the correct speed limit and don't be distracted. Some people have been known to point to imaginary faults on a vehicle; you should ignore them and check later in a safe place
3. Verbal abuse- level three road rage
Winding down the window and shouting foul and ‘unparliamentary’ language at the intended victim. This does not make for a pleasant journey, and is no doubt the cause of many more accident on the highways and byways of 21st century Britain, particularly if you have children in the car.
Consequences- Major aggravation, headaches, builds of tension that can lead to poor driving and accidents. Allow yourself to descend to this and Santa will be very cross with you and may not bring you any presents this year.
Solution – Don’t be a loudmouth. For one thing you will just aggravate the situation, and secondly people will just mistake you for a loud-mouthed Cockney barrow boy or Drunk.
4. Aggressive driving- level four road rage
One way of combating the roman arena that has become our road network is to buy a ‘Chelsea tractor’ and knock everyone else off the road. This is the typical school run scenario, which has come to resemble the chariot race from Ben-Hur. The only way to win this race is to have the biggest, chunkiest, kick-ass 4 x 4 on the block and barge all the other mother off der block.
Consequences- dangerous driving, confrontational driving that can lead to ‘chariot races’ and accidents. Death or injury to self or passengers.
Solution- If you want to go stockcar driving go on a legitimate track with the other idiots and weekend Michael Schumacher’s. take your 4 x 4 off the road and bash it over some fields, and into some trees, which is what they were made for and stop using it like a flippin’ tank.
Mothers on bicycles with trailers. This is at the other end of the spectrum, when it comes to the school run, not strictly road rage, but I will mention it here because it makes my blood boil, and is an accident waiting to happen. I live in a busy and bustling city where bicycles are becoming and have been a popular means of transport for some time and many eco-mothers have a contraption, which is like a baby buggy, at the back of their bikes, like a trailer type of arrangement. It reminds me of the Sinclair C5, in terms of road safety standards. These things are fit only for country roads and cycle tracks (or the pavement, but don’t get me started on cyclists on the pavement), and yet every day I see these vegetable crunching eco-mothers, most of them with straw sticking out of their hair, bicycling along in peak traffic, with one or more kids in a trailer, made out of old orange boxes and a few old pram wheels, trusting in luck rather than judgement to get the snotty nosed, carrot crunching banes home in one piece of an evening because it is friendlier to the environment than driving a monster truck on the school run. I know who would win in a pile up. It is very much like the Sinclair C5, in as much that they would be Grrreeat ! if everyone did it, but unfortunately they do not and it is asking for an accident, and dare I say it …DEATH. It is a bit like converting everyone to drive on the right hand side of the road, starting with bicycles on Monday cars on Tuesday trucks on Wednesday, eventually we will all be driving on the other side of the road, but we may be driving over a pile of dead bodies by the weekend.
It makes my blood boil- and somebody wants a slap
Consequences- dangerous to other road users, rank stupidity, will result in serious injury or death (to the children) one day.
Solution- Don’t be a fecking idiot and have some common sense. I know we all want to help save the planet and save fossil fuels and be eco friendly but some people’s stupidity takes my breath away! Try a car sharing scheme or something, or ride on the pavement, but stay of the fecking road, eco-queen !
5.Violent Loonies-level five road rage
By now all hope of a nice day has flown out of the window as the person you have been shouting out for the past five minutes has climbed out of his car and is storming toward you across the carriageway with a look of thunder, on his face and that I’m going to give you a piece of my mind attitude as he struts towards you. NOW YOU CAN BE AFRAID.
If this is not a recipe for an accident then what is. For one the hooligan has left his car unattended at a busy road junction on a public highway, waiting for the lights to change, and walked across the road, no doubt with other traffic driving past causing potential danger to them and himself, of being run over and a symphony of horn honkers will be tooting themselves to distraction…just what is he hoping to achieve.
Consequences- Panic, fear, may result in physical violence, may cause residual and secondary accidents whilst this farce is taking place.
Solution- Stay in your car big boy, no one thinks you are hard or clever, saving any of your other clown friends and fellow pikeies, who may be in the car with you. I don’t know where the fashion for getting out of your car and strutting across the road came from; I can only imagine that one of them did it one day and the rest copied, like Darwinian evolution.
Not strictly an accident but I just want to illustrate what road rage can lead to, from a recent newspaper report regarding road rage. In some cases, motorists then get out of their cars and attack each other. This can even lead to a fight, as happens in the United States 1,200 times every year.
A quiet family man today described how a thug broke every bone in his face in a horrifying road rage attack.
Mark Dietrich was set upon by a complete stranger after he told him off for blocking the road.
His jaw was broken in four places, his eye sockets were shattered and the skull behind his nose was smashed inwards into his head as the attacker stamped up and down on his head.
The 39 year-old father was left unconscious in a pool of blood while the attacker struck a "triumphant pose", holding his hands in the air.
Mr Dietrich, a gardener, now faces a series of painful operations as surgeons try to rebuild his shattered face.
Describing the attack Mr Dietrich said he was driving home in his white transit van when he saw a man and woman acting "like prats" in the middle of the road.
He said: "I had to stop otherwise I'd have run them over. I wound down the window and shouted something like 'What are you doing, you muppet? I could have hurt you', but it was just like I was telling my kid off. I never expected it to go as far as it did.
"I pulled up to buy some fags and after that it's a blur. All I remember is his face in my face, and the next thing I know, I'm in hospital."
Doctors at first struggled to discover the extent of his injuries because his face was so swollen. He could not speak or eat because his palette was broken, and one eye remained closed for three days after the assault in Whittom, Middlesex at tea-time last Tuesday.
A row of teeth were left dangling free in his mouth. Mr Dietrich added: "I couldn't breathe. I had to have oxygen. My nose was bleeding constantly for four days and it was really scary when blood kept on coming out.
"When I first looked in the mirror in hospital I didn't recognise myself. I didn't even know where all the bits should go to make me look right again.
"The surgeon said he didn't know where to start to rebuild my face and make me look normal. I'm in absolute agony. The hospital gave me painkillers but it feels like my teeth are on hairs and on the end of each one is the worst humming toothache you can imagine.
"I can't sleep because my airways keep getting blocked. I feel like I'm going to choke to death or drown in my own spit.
"I sneezed once and I could feel all the bones in my face clicking. It was horrible."
Struggling to speak through his shattered mouth he said: "I'm really nervous about going back because I'm scared I'll need lots of operations. I think I'm going to lose all my teeth."
Witnesses to the attack have told Mr Dietrich the thug- an Asian man in his 20's- was seen standing on his head "in a triumphant pose with his arms in the air".
He added: "It feels like this is some trophy for him, like he's just been promoted from private to sergeant in his gang. He's probably gone away boasting about it."
His partner Helen Brockwell ran to the scene after her daughter Charmaine, 15, had seen him lying in the road. She said: "When I saw him lying there I was worried sick. He was covered in blood and it was horrific to see.
"I feel really sick that someone can do that to a human being. It's not natural to stand on people's heads and I do feel angry towards the person who did this. He's dangerous and needs catching."
Consequences- actually bodily harm, broken bones, cuts, bruises, hospital treatment, possible death, through beating or secondary accidents. DEATH.
Solution-I don’t know if there is one, just stop the world I want to get off. Suggestions on a postcard please.
HOW TO AVOID ROAD RAGE IN YOURSELF- and avoid accidents
1) Stay calm- take up meditation if necessary, and learn to maintain a even level of balance, this will avoid unnecessary anger, and you will not fall in to the trap or retaliatory action.
2) Be prepared. Do not venture out on the road unless you are in a fit state do so mentally and physically. You have a duty to yourself and to other road users not to venture on to the road if
3) Count to ten before opening your mouth or shaking your fist. Chances are the situation will only escalate and you will come off worse unless YOU are the bloomin’ NUTTER.
4) Don’t Drink and Drive- it is the sure fire way to loose your rag with other people when there is tension on the roads.
HOW TO AVOID ROAD RAGE IN OTHERS- and avoid accidents
1) To avoid a potential incident do not get defensive with another driver if they are angered by a driving error. Acknowledge your mistake with a wave or say sorry
2) If you are forced off the road by another vehicle lock all doors and do not leave your vehicle. If possible drive on as soon as possible.
3) If you are followed, make your way to a highly populated area and sound your horn or flash your lights to attract attention.
4) Do not lose your temper. Returning verbal abuse or threatening gestures will only make things worse. Avoid eye contact. It may defuse the situation.
5) If you see another driver in difficulty, drive on and report it by telephone as soon as you are able. Do not stop to offer assistance.
STATISTICS
1) Nearly nine in 10 UK drivers say they have been road rage victims at least once, a survey of drivers has found.
2) The latest statistics back up a recent Gallup poll, which showed Britain was the leading country in the world for road rage, with 80.4% of UK drivers being victims of it.
3) "White van man", who has an image of being a regular road rage offender, was cited in 13% of incidents in the latest poll.
4) 29% victims in South East of England -cockney barrow boys, more than likely, it’s in their nature to grumble.
18% in North of England -Yorkshire men with good cause for complaint, I should think it’s not like us to loose our cool.
15% in eastern England – no information
6% in Scotland -too drunk to drive in the first place hence fewer incidents on the road.
5% in Wales –I don’t think they have automobiles in Wales yet, they all ride pit ponies, or steam trains to work don’t they?
5) Of those who admitted committing road rage, three in five Cockney barrow boys said they felt "fine" about it, adding that victims "deserved it". Only 14% showed any remorse and said their bad mood had affected their actions.
6) The most common action was gesticulating, while in one in seven cases victims faced an aggressor who got out of the car and physically or verbally abused them. Only 7% reported incidents to the police.
7) Edmund King, a spokesman for the RAC, says: "Road rage seems to be linked to congestion and stress, as most incidents occur in the busier towns and cities”.
"Drivers should not respond aggressively to irritation on the roads. It may be tough on the streets but that's no excuse for raging against other drivers."
"While it's shocking that so many young drivers are victims or instigators of road rage, I believe these results only reflect the stressful and hectic lifestyles we lead - particularly in urban environments."
The most common location for road rage is in a town (54%), followed by a major A road (17%) or a motorway (15%).
The aggressors in the rage incidents experienced by respondents were most often driving standard cars (59%), followed by modified cars (22%). - what conclusion this information is meant to bring us is anyone’s guess? perhaps if you have fluffy dice hanging from your rear view mirror.
8) Experiencing regular incidents of road rage is highly dangerous to human health, when you are angry; you are pouring stress hormones into your blood system, which are harmful to your heart and other functioning of the body. So if we experience this kind of anger or impatience in driving every day, all our lives, you can see that over the years it's going to have a very strong negative health effect on the driver.
Road rage places the driver of a vehicle in a "fight or flight" situation. Becoming angry behind the wheel has been described as "driving under the influence". Adrenaline is stimulated. The body's reaction prepares the muscles for a fight.
10) Cars lend a driver a feeling of being in a private, near-indestructible space makes road rage an ever-increasing phenomenon as more cars roll on to the roads. Leading to aggressive driving and lack of awareness of other road users.
11) When you're angry, you tend to lose concentration; you're likely to speed up and drive faster; you're more inclined to be rude and hostile to other drivers. All these factors will decrease a driver's safety margin, turning them into an accident waiting to happen."
12) In the UK, the behaviour most likely to elicit physical aggression is when another driver nips in and pinches a parking space. Car parks are the scene of much of British road rage
13) Interestingly, research has also found that there is little difference between men and women with regard to their emotional reaction to being treated badly in traffic. Women still can’t park a mini in a barnyard without hitting something, it makes no difference whether they are angry or not.
OTHER SEASONAL TIPS
Before you set off in wintry conditions, a few seasonal tips tp further avoid an Xmas pile up.
1) Clear all the ice and snow from your windows. Remove snow from the roof, boot and bonnet so it doesn’t fall into the path of other road users when you move off.
2) Make sure windows are de-misted and your mirrors and lights are clean.
3) Drive with care at all times, even if the roads have been treated.
4) Be prepared for road conditions to change suddenly over short distances.
5) Avoid sudden braking, sharp turns, or sudden speed increases, which could all make your vehicle skid. The best way to slow without skidding is to get into a lower gear earlier, let your speed go down, and brake gently.
If your car starts to skid: Put your foot on the clutch. Do not brake! Steer immediately in the direction of the skid. When the car straightens, steer along the road
In winter conditions, it takes longer to stop. When roads are slippery it will take longer to stop. Up to 10 times longer. So, drop your speed, and give yourself more time to slow down and stop. Drive with care even if roads have been treated.
5) Rain On wet roads, it can take up to twice as long to stop as it does on dry roads. Reduce your speed when it starts raining. If there is lots of spray, slow down and keep well back from other vehicles. You will have a better view of the traffic and more time to react. Beware of your tyres losing their grip on a wet surface. Your vehicle could ‘aquaplane’ on surface water. If this happens, take your foot off the accelerator and slow down. Don’t brake suddenly.
6) Winter Sun Glare from low winter sun can make driving dangerous, especially in the mornings and evenings. Keep your windscreen and mirrors clean to avoid making it even harder to see. Wear sunglasses if they help.
7) Take a winter emergency kit Bad weather, accidents, vehicle breakdowns - you never know what might be around the next corner. So it makes sense to keep a basic emergency kit in your boot. Here’s what the RAC recommend: Ice scraper and de-icer Torch Warm clothes and a blanket A pair of boots First-aid kit Battery jump leads Shovel - in case you get stuck in the snow Take food and a warm drink in a flask when you are travelling in wintry weather
If you are the three wise men travelling to Jerusalem, coming home from the Xmas party or just popping across town to see Grandma, remember to drive safely, stay calm, don’t let the loonies on the road get to you and… HAVE A BLINKIN’ MERRY CHRISTMAS……. !!!
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There are plenty of opinions here related to what you ought to do in case of an accident, and many of them are thorough. So, I will not bother you with yet another addition to that growing subject. ... ...– or cause – an accident at some point in their lives. Yes, people really DO apply make-up, shave, and read good books whilst driving. (Don’t ask me – I had no idea that people could be so…..nevermind). You MUST pay attention to the road while you are behind the wheel! Even something so innocent as looking down to find the radio’s preset buttons could prove to be dangerous. Be sure that your eyes are on the road, ...
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I accept the fact that most drivers think they're exceptionally good at driving their vehicle, however, the arrogance of most drivers is far beyond them.
The most dangerous thing I have noticed on roads is people driving too close behind each other. When a car drives closely behind another car, it probably wouldn't be that big a deal as the worst that could ... ...front, possibly causing a bit of damage, but no big life threatening injuries to any occupants. If the vehicle in front was a motorcycle, then the story would be totally different. If you think about it, a motorcycle has a lot less stability than a car. If you are driving close behind a motorcycle and the rider was to lose stability and fall off, no reactions would be fast enough to make the car stop quickly enough before it hit the rider. Another ...
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We all consider ourselves good drivers but one of the most dangerous things that I notice on the roads are how close people drive behind each other. In a car, if the car in front stops, then in theory, you should stop just as quickly once you've reacted, if you don't, then you will obviously hit them. This will probably damage thier car a bit and your car but there will be no major problems. If however. the vechile in front is a motorcycle, at any ... ...they hit some oil or anything. They will stop quicker than a car then if you don't stop in time there won't just be a bit of damage, you will probably kill them.
We have all experienced or seen a car going into the back of another, just think if that had of been a bike.
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...most important thing after any accident is to record as much information as soon as possible. It is surprising how quickly details can be forgotten, if they were ever known. Here are some of the things that insurers will ask that are easy to forget -
Make an accurate note of the road and weather conditions (is it raining/foggy/sunny, is the road dry/muddy/icy) .
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What was the nature of your journey (insurers always ask this, but I'm not sure why).
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A sad tale – but make sure it doesn’t happen to you!
Driving along a fairly narrow country road on a bank-holiday Friday evening, I saw a A 4x4 with trailer approaching, so I pulled into the side of the road and stopped to give him passing space. Then ….CRASH! …. a small car had failed to stop and rammed me from behind. No-one was injured, but my car had a lot of rear-end damage. We exchanged details etc. and the police arrived, ... ...in a 30mph zone!) and noted that my rear lights were gone – but gave me leave to drive home, with a warning that the car was technically not roadworthy.
OK, no problem. A no-fault claim, since liability was obviously with the other driver, But, timing is everything …. And mine was bad! I phoned my insurance company’s ‘helpline’ at 9pm. that night. “Oh dear” they said, “It’s a bank holiday, so ...
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