We all hope it never happens to us, but being able to take the appropriate evasive action is an essential driving skill.
As a boomer, I consider myself a “moderate” social-media user — but then, doesn’t everyone? I will admit to one glaring social-media weakness for the Instagrammer from Ukraine: @crashdashes.
Then there’s the incomprehensible. A semitrailer driver blithely proceeds along a freeway at speed, seemingly without a care in the world, oblivious to the compact car trapped under his front bumper, showering sparks and smoke everywhere. Keep your distance from other vehicles — not only back to front but on the sides, as well. Never travel in a person’s blind spot, and, as much as is possible, leave yourself an escape route, either by driving into the shoulder or into another lane.
Never swerve into an oncoming lane to avoid a head-on crash. It’s likely there will be other cars coming at you and you will have just avoided one head-on crash for the sake of another. The other problem is that the oncoming driver is likely to swerve to the right and still be in your path. This applies even for water-filled ditches. Going straight in and remaining upright is way better than being belted in but upside down as water fills the car.
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