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Defensive Driving Rules


Rule 12: Keep your eyes open


Changing lanes, reckless driving and not maintaining traffic rules are the key factors behind major road accidents or collisions. These impatient drivers are well known as “jackrabbit” So it is better to be cautious rather than changing decisions frequently and resist your urge of changing lanes frequently. Remember, you are not alone on the road who needs to reach office or home at the soonest. Imagine what will happen if everybody starts thinking and acting like you? The risk of collision will increase manifold.

Keep your eyes open while you are in traffic - some cars run slow and some tend to rush fast. Measuring the whole traffic will help you to make out what speed you should carry over.

Practice tortoise style of driving. It means don’t change lanes or roads frequently and unnecessarily that might evoke danger for you. None but you have to maintain the normal circumstances. Act courteously to others in traffic only then you can expect it from them. Everyone in the traffic has their own responsibilities- you maintain yours, they will fulfill theirs.

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