Drivers who don't signal a leading cause of accidents

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by stanman13

Now think about what you just wrote. Aside from the rudeness in your opening statement (which I would venture to guess extends into your driving), you describe two accidents in which your own poor decision played a role, yet you assign blame fully to the other driver.

In the first, if you skidded multiple carlengths before being able to stop, then you were driving too fast through an unpredictable situation. If you, being 100% aware of your surroundings, had slowed down and proceeded more cautiously, the accident could have been avoided.

In the second, you chose to illegally pass on the right a driver who you admit was clearly unsure of which direction to go. If you had not chosen to pass on the right, the accident could have been avoided.

I am not suggesting that the other drivers were completely without fault, but your statement that both were unavoidable and were caused solely by the other driver not signalling is demonstrably untrue.

In both of those accidents he was not at fault. In both cases, the other driver turned into him. However, neither one proves that lack of using turn signals was a cause. The cause was clearly the idiots in the other cars making unsafe maneuvers or turns without knowing if there were other cars around. The signal is irrelevant. If they had signaled, it still did not make it safe to turn. Who says drivers are going to stop and let them turn just because of a flashing light? The signal had nothing to do with either accident.