Driver’s role in car accidents
Car accidents are common on California roads. Every
year, thousands of auto mishaps are recorded by the Department of
Transportation through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) group. Further studies on
these figures, these agencies found out that most auto accidents are caused by
driver error.
Driver error is the failure of the vehicle operator
to react accordingly to various situations on the road, causing various road
accidents. Driver error is caused by a lot of factors. Top reasons for driver
error are driver distraction, inexperience in emergency situations, and
substance abuse. As carmakers learned about these accidents, they took it upon
themselves to come up with new safety features that aim to lessen, if not
completely prevent these kinds of accidents.
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