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[TITLE: HOW TO AVOID A CRASH OR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WHEN YOU MAKE A DRIVING MISTAKE | CRASH ANALYSIS SMART]
Hi there smart drivers. Rick with Smart drive Test talking to you today about
crash analysis, near misses, and what you need to do in order to avoid being
involved in a crash if everything goes sideways. Now just before we get started
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when I get the videos up for you. So near misses! You can see here in the video
footage, the driver comes screaming up, merges over two lanes to the left, going
way too fast, slams on the brakes, locks the vehicle up and
reduces speed a great deal. As the vehicle who's behind the wheel locks it up and
reduces speed she/he realizes that the vehicle to the right that they just screamed in
front of actually went past them. They go careening across to the right, up on
the footpath--the sidewalk--and then down along the sidewalk and actually get the
vehicle stopped. Now it actually looks far worse than it is in the video. But
for a matter of fact, the driver did actually avoided a collision in this video
footage. Even though it doesn't look like it. It looks like a sort of a melee and
that the driver did in fact get involved in a crash, but he or she didn't. There
was probably a bit of minor damage to the vehicle from driving up on the
sidewalk, but other than that it was a near miss. Now a couple of things that
you need to do in terms of having a near-miss. One of the first things to do is
not give up! Never give up! When you slam the brakes
on, what you're doing is you're looking ahead, you're reassessing this situation,
as this driver did, and looking for your out, because it's faster to steer around
an emergency situation than it is to try and brake because in this
situation there was no way that driver was going to get that vehicle stopped. And he or she
realize that and then did evasive steering to actually avoid the collision.
Two other things that you need to do in terms of avoiding a crash: make sure you
wear your seatbelt, because your seatbelts not just to protect you in the
event of a collision, but it's also to keep you in the driver's seat. If you're
not in the driver's seat, it's pretty hard to operate
the controls of the vehicle. So wear your seatbelt to stay in the seat. The other
thing is is that the extra pedal that nobody knows about. They think that it's
there to rest their left foot on is the dead pedal. The dead pedal is actually to
put your foot on and post off, and push yourself back into the driver's seat and
hold yourself there in a more stable position. So that you can operate the
primary controls of the vehicle: the steering wheel, the brake, and the
throttle, and clutch if you're driving a manual transmission. So the
dead pedal is to post off and to hold yourself in the driver's seat so that
you can work the controls of the vehicle as this person obviously did and was able to
work the controls of the vehicle and miss the collision. So those are some
techniques that you can use. First don't give up! Second wear your seatbelt so
you stay in the driver's seat. And then third, use that dead pedal to post off of and
push yourself back in the seat. That way you have more control while you're trying to
avoid a collision when things go sideways. Question for my smart drivers:
have you had a near miss in a crash situation and were you be able to avoid
that crash? Leave a comment down in the comment section there. All that helps out
the new drivers working towards being crash free and the veteran drivers
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about 20 bucks. I'm Rick with Smart Drive Test. Thanks very much for watching. Good
luck on your road test. And remember, pick the best answer, not necessarily
the right answer. Have a great day. Bye now.
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