Driver Safety Education Blog

Have you ever had a driving or walking experience and something happened where you could have been injured or killed?

Did you think about it? Did you change you driving or walking habit in some way? Did you just carry on like nothing happened?

Well, Here is a video of actual driving/pedestrian near-misses. I often wonder how a near-miss affects drivers or passengers or pedestrians. Well, this driver had nightmares afterword. Read the whole news story here. Mark Jespersen was quoted in part, "I had nightmares about it last night," Jesperson said Friday. "Where the accident was, that guy didn't have a hope, coming over a hill. I was blessed to have some reaction time, and that I was paying attention.". The article also said, "He didn't realize how close he had come to tragedy until he learned later the van had slammed into another pickup truck two kilometres down the road, killing the driver.".

http://www.flixxy.com/lucky-day.htm

It doesn't have to be another driver. It could be a very large animal on the highway, as the following report illustrates.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/05/27/moose-near-miss-527.html

Perhaps you won't be lucky all the time - think about it.

Stay aware. Stay focused. Stay safe.

Safe driving...

Cheers - Mike