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I've seen 3 in 10 years. All at the intersection of High House & Davis in Cary. It's a little weird, and I'm always super careful driving through that intersection.
Interesting, that is where I was rear-ended last year. Light turned green and the lady behind me didnt realize we were all stopped and hit me at about 10-15 mph.
I don't think young people are getting enough drivers education training today. They may know how to push the accelerator and brake, and know how to pass the drivers' written test, but as for 'awareness' they are sadly lacking. Yesterday in Apex I stopped at a light and the car behind me stopped to wait for the light right on the railroad tracks. The young lady driver examined her phone while the others in the car bounced around talking. Zero awareness, fur shure. Yeah, no train came that time so I guess they lived to do it again.
People are in too much of a hurry and too distracted. Defensive driving is almost non existent. The classic accident we see about 10 times a day is "I thought the guy in front of me had gone already". So....what are you looking at if not the guy in front of you? When people want to make a right on red, they aren't looking at the person in front of them to make sure they go....they are watching oncoming traffic and just going when they see a break. The person who is first in line is under no obligation to make that turn. I hear all the time "I thought he went - he should have gone!" Well, guess what his light is red. If he wants to sit there till it turns green he can do that. So why don't you just wait till they go and then look to see when it's safe for YOU to go?
The other baffling thing here is how people think it's the other person's fault if they back into someone. Can't tell you how many people I've spoken with who think if they are backing out of a parking spot, the person in the travel aisle should stop and let them out. They are AMAZED when they find out the person in the travel lane has the right of way.
You can talk all you want about educating new drivers but when the existing drivers are clueless not much is going to change.
People are in too much of a hurry and too distracted. Defensive driving is almost non existent. The classic accident we see about 10 times a day is "I thought the guy in front of me had gone already". So....what are you looking at if not the guy in front of you? When people want to make a right on red, they aren't looking at the person in front of them to make sure they go....they are watching oncoming traffic and just going when they see a break. The person who is first in line is under no obligation to make that turn. I hear all the time "I thought he went - he should have gone!" Well, guess what his light is red. If he wants to sit there till it turns green he can do that. So why don't you just wait till they go and then look to see when it's safe for YOU to go?
The other baffling thing here is how people think it's the other person's fault if they back into someone. Can't tell you how many people I've spoken with who think if they are backing out of a parking spot, the person in the travel aisle should stop and let them out. They are AMAZED when they find out the person in the travel lane has the right of way.
You can talk all you want about educating new drivers but when the existing drivers are clueless not much is going to change.
I have been rear ended in the manner you described. So has my son. And my husband.
It's so odd. Why assume?
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Lived here for 15 years. I've seen accidents at pretty much every major intersection I've passed through at least once. I live near High House and Davis and I've seen plenty of accidents there alone.
I actually meant how many accidents have you witnessed while they happened, not the aftermath of any...if including aftermath I must have seen 2 dozen. As for witnessing them while they happened, I've only seen one and it wasn't on the interstate, but a local state highway
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