Car Accident
Essay by vinss • December 2, 2012 • Essay • 638 Words (3 Pages) • 2,127 Views
Nowadays, many tragic accidents happen everywhere and this situation is alarming. Rate of accidents keep on increasing from day to day not just in the cities but also in rural areas. All of these accidents have made many people lost their families and loved ones. It is very pitiful when we get news about accidents which happen everyday from newspapers. This shows that many people suffer when accidents happen to their family or relatives.
The major cause of accident is speeding of vehicles. Many reckless and inconsiderate drivers like to drive at high speed especially those who are driving heavy vehicles like lorries and express buses. Some of the drivers are very selfish and do not care about others. They just speed up while driving because in a hurry to go work or other places. They do not realize that their action might harm others especially when they overtake cars. If a driver is speeding and overtaking recklessly,it is highly risk that the vehicle may skid and caused accident.They will ram other cars from the opposite direction. There are also irresponsible drivers who drive at high speed and hit the red traffic light. There is a strong possibility that they will collide with other vehicles and may caused death.
Most of accidents also happen due to the driver's fault. Some drivers are not in good condition when driving. For example they are sleepy, tired or drunk while driving. Usually, the bus driver or lorry driver are sleepy and tired after driving for a long hours causing them to lost focus. Drivers who take alcohol and then got drunk along the journey also fail to drive carefully as they are not in stable condition. This may lead to tragic accidents.
Apart from that, vehicles which are not serviced for a long time may not be in the best condition to drive. A car which is not serviced may have problems like the brakes and clutches which cannot work efficiently and may cause accident. The bad condition of road such as slippery when raining, muddy or have many potholes also can harm drivers and motorcyclist. It is very pitiful to see motorcyclist fall on the road when there are many potholes on road.
I think there are many ways that all of us can take to overcome accidents and lower the rate of accidents. Firstly, all drivers and motorcyclist must change their attitudes. They should follow all the traffic rules and speed limit. They should never speeding and accelerate further at traffic light when
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