An Open Access Journal
1. Hit something when reversing that you had not previously seen | |
2. Intending to drive to destination A, you “wake up” to find yourself on the road to destination B | |
4. Get into the wrong lane approaching a roundabout or a junction | |
5. Queuing to turn left onto a main road, you pay such close attention to the main stream of traffic that you nearly hit the car in front | |
6. Fail to notice that pedestrians are crossing when turning into a side street from a main road | |
7. Sound your horn to indicate your annoyance to another road user | |
8. Fail to check your rear-view mirror before pulling out, changing lanes, etc. | |
9. Brake too quickly on a slippery road or steer the wrong way in a skid | |
10. Pull out of a junction so far that the driver with right of way has to stop and let you out | |
11. Disregard the speed limit on a residential road | |
12. Switch on one thing, such as the headlights, when you meant to switch to something else, such as the wipers | |
13. On turning left nearly hit a cyclist who has come up on your inside | |
14. Miss “Give Way” signs and narrowly avoid colliding with the traffic having the right of way | |
15. Attempt to drive away from the traffic lights in third gear | |
16. Attempt to overtake someone that you had not noticed to be signalling a right turn | |
17. Become angered by another driver and give chase with the intention of giving him/her a piece of your mind | |
18. Stay in a motorway lane that you know will be closed ahead until the last minute before forcing your way into the other lane | |
19. Forget where you left your car in a car park | |
20. Overtake a slow driver on the inside | |
21. Race away from traffic lights with the intention of beating the driver next to you | |
22. Misread the signs and exit from a roundabout on the wrong road | |
23. Drive so close to the car in front that it would be difficult to stop in an emergency | |
24. Cross a junction, knowing that the traffic lights have already turned against you | |
25. Become angered by a certain type of a driver and indicate your hostility by whatever means you can | |
26. Realize that you have no clear recollection of the road along which you have just been travelling | |
27. Underestimate the speed of an oncoming vehicle when overtaking |