Driving offences can cost lives and limbs, apart from making vehicles worthless. It is so unfair that people should pay price for something that could have been easily avoided. A few may even become comatose following some spinal injuries in driving accidents. The lives of their family members also undergo a drastic change after such an event. Agreed that they receive monies from insurance companies. But it is not same as having the person alive and responding.
Ironically, it does not cost much to prevent any such accident. If we just follow those simple rules, we could save not only our lives but also those of others. One of the most common driving offences is driving without license.
Teenagers who are just learning how to drive try to demonstrate their skills to their friends. The truth is it takes several months even after learning the basics of driving to drive reasonably well.
So experience is a necessary factor here. Law also requires a licensed driver to accompany such a learner. But teenagers have a very optimistic approach to the whole issue, until it is too late. They even compete on roads, which is a very dangerous thing to do.
Another driving offence is not obeying the road signs. Speed limits are clearly mentioned, but some people do ignore them. Drugs and alcoholic beverages are other culprits that cause major accidents. They lead to accidents because the vision of the person who took them a few hours before driving or at the time of driving is temporarily affected.
Drugs and alcoholic beverages also affect the steering control. On the whole, the person who has consumed some alcohol, or is under influence of some narcotic substance would have lower reflexes and could confuse other people on the road as well.
Parking the vehicle in a no parking zone is another common driving offence. It is necessary to use indicators while shifting lanes or stopping on the road. Likewise, it is necessary to ensure that all lights of the vehicle are in working condition.
If the road signs require the driver to slow down the vehicle, it should be slowed down. It is also necessary to honk at every blind turn.
In addition, the vehicle needs to slow down when turning, or joining any main road. There are rules to be followed when entering the main road from any side lane. Failure to comply with such rules may cause major accidents. Automobile insurance companies can walk away without paying anything if it can be sufficiently demonstrated that the accident was due to driving offence on the part of the insured.
So driving offences are not such a cool thing, after all.
