Dangerous Driving Habits For The Skyrocketing Cost Of Automobile Insurance

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Many of today's drivers have dangerous driving habits. You do not have to travel far to see people driving with risky driving techniques. Dangerous driving habits can be observed on highways, on residential streets, and in parking lots. Dangerous driving habits are not only fraught with danger to the driver performing them, but to the public as well.
Everyone eventually crosses paths with a reckless driver! Many of us survive these encounters, but some do not. Dangerous drivers kill people and destroy property every day. As a result, Insurance companies cite dangerous drivers as one of the main reasons for the skyrocketing cost of automobile insurance.
There are drivers from all age groups that have dangerous driving habits. Younger drivers …show more content…

Cell phones are now more popular than ever; many drivers have cell phones. While driving in town or on the highway, it is rare not to see someone driving while talking on his or her cell phone. Another dangerous driving habit is applying makeup while driving. Applying make-up while driving is thought to be a leading cause of accidents, and is completely irresponsible. One of the most common dangerous driving habits is eating while driving. Many drivers leave the drive through lane of their favorite restaurant and immediately pull onto a road while trying to eat and drink the food they just purchased. All of those bad habits can distract a driver from paying attention to other drivers on the road and being aware of road …show more content…

Make sure you signal that you want to change into the right or left the lane, check to make sure that you are clear, then make your move. Putting on your blinker as you change into a lane does not do any good. The safest way to let other drivers know that you are on the move is to signal first give it a few seconds and then make your move when you know that it is clear. If somebody is directly next to you two lanes over and looks like they may be changing into the same lane as you make sure they acknowledge your actions first. I've been caught in many situations like this where I wanted to move into the next lane and could tell that the person two lanes over wanted to also, so I would put on my blinker and wait, then start to go and the other person would not be paying attention at all. Thanks to my attentiveness we do not get in an accident. I always just let the other person in that lane even if I had made a move first and should have had the right away.

Speeding is a common habit among drivers. Speeding can be very dangerous depending on the skill of the driver, the area, the speed at which they are going and how much higher than it is than the limit. Some people do speed responsibly, as weird as that may sound. Now this doesn't make it right because they are still breaking the law. However, if you do speed, do it on a straight road with little to no traffic and will full attention at hand. Most cases of speeding are dangerous

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