As if my luck couldn't even!

[Rick Modena]

HAHA, ya seems to be that anything I do is going to be fraught with peril.

I think you're on to something with the peanuts bit. for real.

Oh I hear ya, and I'm by no means perfect, that post about my 5.0 was just that car, I did run over a road gator and on the highway, I tried to swerve without losing control and scared the shit out of the driver next to me, but I still hit a peice of it, I was aware that someone was next to me and did minor damage to my car, $100.xx splash shield. I backed into a lower hanging tree branch in my Fusion and dented the trunk, I was able to PDR it, window tint was too dark in the rear glass. Shit does happen, man. We just have to be mindful of our surroundings and I always drive as if, "I'm going somewhere".
What does that mean, it means if you treat driving like a job, you'll do a good job getting there. Acts of God, road gators, dumb fucks withstanding of course...

[4bangen]

I think you need to buy a late 70's jacked up K5 Blazer with Rhino Lined paint and a ranch hand front and rear bumper and make it look like a battle wagon and then dare people in traffic or parking lots to hit it.

I pretty much had that with the van and it never got hit once. I should have kept that turd. lol

[ram57ta]

I think you need to buy a late 70's jacked up K5 Blazer with Rhino Lined paint and a ranch hand front and rear bumper and make it look like a battle wagon and then dare people in traffic or parking lots to hit it.

[4bangen]

Oh that's right, I was on a roll and didn't fact check, sorry...

[4bangen]

I changed my driving habits and the main thing that helped me was not speeding. First of all I stopped getting pulled over and getting tickets, next thing is near misses because actually doing the speed limit helps you avoid near accidents and you become a better defensive driver.
Put down your fucking phone, don't be looking at your Nav or fiddling with your radio.
If you feel something could happen while parking, it probably will, go with your instinct and move somewhere else.
You're results may vary, but the entire time I had my '12 Kona blue 5.0, I didn't have any accidents and no speeding tickets (I got pulled over once for the fog lights being on and confused for high beams, no ticket).
8 years and 90k miles, not one thing happened to me in that car, I counted your things that have happened to you and your either an insurance catastrophe or your Linus from Peanuts and that bad luck dust cloud is your destiny...

HAHA, ya seems to be that anything I do is going to be fraught with peril.
Speeding has had nothing to do with any of my incidents, I don't mess with my phone while driving, and my radio is voice controlled or I use my buttons on the wheel. I do speed but not recklessly. My wife does not speed. When we go to a store we park in the pack and try to get spots on the end where only one person can park next to us. I have'nt gotten a door since like 2012, and that was my friends wife that door dinged us. ( he parked next to my car so no one else could to protect it, and his wife slung the door open like a saloon door in a western. lol)
I think you're on to something with the peanuts bit. for real.

[BLAKE]

Oh that's right, I was on a roll and didn't fact check, sorry...

lol, just givin' you shit for fun brotha.

[Rick Modena]

That was Pig Pen. C'mon man, pull your head out of your ass.

Oh that's right, I was on a roll and didn't fact check, sorry...

[BLAKE]

or your Linus from Peanuts and that bad luck dust cloud is your destiny...

That was Pig Pen. C'mon man, pull your head out of your ass.

[Rick Modena]

I changed my driving habits and the main thing that helped me was not speeding. First of all I stopped getting pulled over and getting tickets, next thing is near misses because actually doing the speed limit helps you avoid near accidents and you become a better defensive driver.
Put down your fucking phone, don't be looking at your Nav or fiddling with your radio.
If you feel something could happen while parking, it probably will, go with your instinct and move somewhere else.
You're results may vary, but the entire time I had my '12 Kona blue 5.0, I didn't have any accidents and no speeding tickets (I got pulled over once for the fog lights being on and confused for high beams, no ticket).
8 years and 90k miles, not one thing happened to me in that car, I counted your things that have happened to you and your either an insurance catastrophe or your Linus from Peanuts and that bad luck dust cloud is your destiny...

[4bangen]

As a motorcycle rider I learned early on to stay aware of what's behind at a stop light, and be ready to pull forward, as that kind of rear-ending can get deadly. Same with the yield situation, just because there is a sign and legal way that traffic is supposed to flow, that doesn't preclude you from being aware that someone could have disregard or not be paying attention. Streets are typically wide enough, and that type of situation slow enough that contact is 100% avoidable. That type of hyperawareness keeps riders alive.

You and your wife not driving defensively isn't a fault per se, but I do agree that all of these accidents were avoidable had you been paying attention. That's the difference with racking up a bunch of near misses, and having your insurance cancelled, or rates go way up.

The yield sign incident was either get rear ended or hit the motorcycle that I was yielding to. what would you have done? I do watch where I'm going, I used to ride as well, I never went down or got hit on my bike. I am the kind of driver that doesn't like people behind me at all. I change lanes when faster traffic is coming to let them by, and I don't trust anyone on the road. fact is sometimes there's no getting away from shit. Y'all think what you will but when a cars coming at you at 70 and you're stopped in the left lane of the highway there's just nothing to do but wait for the pain. It's a lot easier to get out of sticky situations on a bike than it is to in a car.

[Big A]

how does defensive driving help you avoid getting rear ended at stoplights and yield signs? you keep sighting my one parking situation, there was literally no where else to put the car on the street, it's one of the many reasons I moved.

As a motorcycle rider I learned early on to stay aware of what's behind at a stop light, and be ready to pull forward, as that kind of rear-ending can get deadly. Same with the yield situation, just because there is a sign and legal way that traffic is supposed to flow, that doesn't preclude you from being aware that someone could have disregard or not be paying attention. Streets are typically wide enough, and that type of situation slow enough that contact is 100% avoidable. That type of hyperawareness keeps riders alive.

You and your wife not driving defensively isn't a fault per se, but I do agree that all of these accidents were avoidable had you been paying attention. That's the difference with racking up a bunch of near misses, and having your insurance cancelled, or rates go way up.

[BLAKE]

No point in arguing it as both our minds are made up and one of us has substantially lower collision rates.

lol, asshole.

[Ruffdaddy]

how does defensive driving help you avoid getting rear ended at stoplights and yield signs? you keep sighting my one parking situation, there was literally no where else to put the car on the street, it's one of the many reasons I moved.

Like it said a few incidents are normal, 7 is a pattern. Im not saying its all or nothing, but I do believe defensive driving will help you. You're also leaving out the instances where yall knew there was a car in the intersection and had the opportunity to cut you off...and the response was the accelerator. We all know the "if I'm first to the intersection I have right of way" trick.

No point in arguing it as both our minds are made up and one of us has substantially lower collision rates.

[4bangen]

how does defensive driving help you avoid getting rear ended at stoplights and yield signs? you keep sighting my one parking situation, there was literally no where else to put the car on the street, it's one of the many reasons I moved.

[Ruffdaddy]

I' not so much upset as I am trying to figure out how someone would avoid the situations I have found myself in other than simply not having a car?

Don't put yourself in those situations. The guy backing into your car is a perfect example of that. I specifically don't park directly behind driveways because of this..and your rationale of "its only 5 minutes" indicates its a deliberate informed decision. 1 of those decisions in isolation doesn't seem like a bad idea, but when you develop a pattern of decision making like that you are going to end up with thousands of opportunities a year. The more chances you give yourself to have these incidents, the more occurrences you will see even though they are all low probability in isolation. Thats exactly how you create badluck.

In defensive driving youre taught to avoid those situations regardless of who is legally at fault. You're taught not to trust people to do the right thing and how to identify those situations. You're taugut to actively reduce the number of opportunities for things to go wrong instead of focusing on who is "at fault".

A few incidents in 5 years is high but something that could be completely someone else's fault...but 7 incidents in the same timeframe...thats a pattern.