ParkyMalarkey

ParkyMalarkey OP t1_j135sne wrote

Nah. I have a girlfriend who was with me when this happened. After it happened the female who spun out told me “idk what happened my car just spun out that was so scary.”

I made this post to maybe try to help explain how she lost control and spun her car out. I have been behind the wheel of a vehicle that was out of control many times, and seen out of control vehicles from an outside point of view many times.

Also I made this post to say that we are all humans. And driving is dangerous, we don’t realize it because we do it every day and get used to it. It’s okay if we make driving mistakes as long as we put our egos aside and learn from them. I am just thankful nobody’s physical health, or vehicle was damaged.

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ParkyMalarkey OP t1_j10b0fc wrote

Alright then how do you propose this issue gets fixed? Putting your ego in the way isn’t gonna help.

It’s not like the Rhode Island gene pool is permanently cursed as far as driving goes.

There’s a lot of outside factors and variables that play into this.

I would love to hear your opinion on how you would solve this very fixable problem.

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ParkyMalarkey OP t1_j0zz4s3 wrote

Drivers Ed a long time ago when you first started driving, isn’t gonna remind you to turn on your lights when you’ve had an insane work day. And it’s not gonna be the reason you’re paying attention and zipper through a lane drop without slowing down the people behind you.

Everyone is over worked, stressed out, distracted, and it shows in our driving.

Nobody “learns” how to drive

The best drivers in the world are still learning and practicing every day.

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ParkyMalarkey OP t1_j0zmm8q wrote

You don’t just learn how to drive one day and you’re good for the rest of your life in any scenario. You’re constantly learning, seeing more scenarios, making more decisions quickly etc. I don’t think you realize you have the biggest handicap when it comes to driving. Which is a big ego. 🥴

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ParkyMalarkey OP t1_j0zly8t wrote

Is it the drivers, or the roads the drivers have to work with here, and the heavy traffic that is on it every day.

I have driven all over the US, almost every state. Grew up getting to drive pretty often before the age of 10 years old in the rural Midwest.

No amount of previous driving experience will ever help me with being safe in north eastern city traffic.

Leaving the state to “learn to drive” isn’t gonna do anything. You wanna “learn to drive” then do yourself a favor and turn your radio off, put your phone away, pay attention and go drive on every highway near providence. That’s the best practice you can get.

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ParkyMalarkey OP t1_j0zkivv wrote

Can’t argue statistics lol. Doesn’t matter what it was like the times you drove through. If it wasn’t a dangerous stretch of road and it was so easy everybody could do it no problem, I wouldn’t be here making this post about this corner.

Seems easy

Can still be easy

Can still get you killed on your way to or from your house.

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ParkyMalarkey OP t1_j0ziv6x wrote

I was more making the point that driving in a place like the Midwest, where roads are flat, not much traffic, not as many corners, Requires less attention than driving in a place like providence on 95. Yes you should always pay attention while driving. But you can’t learn to drive in providence traffic until you get exposed to providence traffic.

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