It is every driver attitude towards traffic, regardless, trains, trucks, pedestrians, traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, schoolzones restriction etc. etc.
What gets me, you travel along a road (80km/h) and you are approaching red trafficlights.
The car behind you travelles at 100km/h and inidcates to you, move over.
I think, where is he or she going with red traffic lights.
It is'nt about speed, it is, I own this road and therefore I can drive with no regulations and can choose the speed I feel is right for me.
The other reason is: it's all about "ME".
I can do what ever I feel like doing, it usually works fine while you sit at home and get supported by your family, than you buy a high powered car with a good stereo radio so you can blast the music(?) to its highest value.
Fatique: you drive along a nice countryroad, no one around, nice suroundings, lovely scenery, the only noise: the engine and the radio or cd and if you are within reach of a mobile phone receiving tower, a conversation on the phone isn't out of question, your attention is now directed at the next party and you loose the will to drive, your driving behaviour is becoming erratic, your car is'nt travelling in a straight line anymore.
Statistics alos show, some fatal accidents occur near your home, you relax, you're thoughts are already at home, getting on with your train layout, how you're going to fix the tracks onto your board and you've got a visual picture in front of you, of your new loco or carriage.
Your attention to concentration, visual observation and being aware you're driving a car is out the window.
I'm in a hurry: How many times have I travelled in my car and being overtaken by another car being in a hurry and by doing this going well over the speed limit.
Who sits at the next traffic lights, yes its the same car, the next traffic lights, the same car, in one instance I've travelled over 20km/h and the car did'nt get any further.
The type of car you drive:
Why is it, people with luxury cars always have to be faster than you ?
Is it, because they can afford speeding fines.
Than there are Sunday drivers, which can cause accidents, slow drivers who don't know were they are going,
and of course drivers, who have the ability to do multi functions while driving, smoking, talking on the phone and re-constructing their face all at the same time.
There are also exceptional circumstances, e.g. stealing a car, driving without a licence, driving not having a licence, driving under the influence of drugs, driving at an age of, by standing up in the car, starting at 10.
The problem with public transport is, the industrial revolution never looks back what it was like before, without a car and we've never been able to meet the demand to get from point A to point B, because we are all in a hurry, for what ?
I'm going down the shop quick, I'll take the kids to school, I'll take the car for a service but you have to come along with your car, so I can drive myself back home.
I'm going to work, go shopping, go for a holiday, need to get out of the house.
I realize, having all these fatal car accidents shown on TV, does'nt make the slightest difference.
Young people don't watch the news and if they would, it never happens to me.
John