If you are lucky enough to walk away from a crash in one piece, you may lose your license, be issued with a penalty or get sent to jail – none of these outcomes will impress anybody.
In fact, it demonstrates profound immaturity! Driving is not a game and cars are not toys. Showing off behind-the-wheel is not something to be proud of. This is perhaps why male teenagers are significantly more likely to be involved in a fatal collision. The impulse to demonstrate fearlessness or impressive driving skills affects young male drivers substantially more than it does females. The desire to show off in front of friends is one of the biggest motivating factors leading teenagers to drive dangerously. False confidence or pressure from friends may tempt you to engage in risky behavior behind-the-wheel. Unfortunately, deliberate dangerous action is still alarmingly common among novice drivers. Most of the teenage drivers involved made accidental errors, such as “improper visual search” followed by “inappropriate decision making”, which accounted for 45 percent of collisions. In fact, only 3.3 percent involved a purposeful dangerous action on the driver’s part. The collisions detailed in this survey were not all the result of deliberately risky driving. As a new driver, you must ensure your inexperience does not lead to a fatal error that could take your life, or someone else’s.
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If you are familiar with the information in the previous module of this block, you will notice that several of these mistakes (such as distracted driving and failure to yield the right-of-way) are among the most dangerous errors any driver can make. Failure to notice important activity on the side of the roadway.Failure to pay attention at intersections.Failure to reduce speed based on road conditions (the survey refers to instances when the driver was traveling at least 5mph too fast).Failure to consistently monitor the roadway ahead.One survey targeting 16-year olds carried out in Maryland and California yielded these results as the top mistakes made by novice drivers:
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