Everyone and his dog can argue about all aspects of how crashes occur. Whether sober or under the inluence, driving a car on any surface, at any speed is about physics. And its outcomes are on them.
Kiwis are the worst drivers in the world. There is a sense of entitlement & ownership once we get behind the wheel - we own the road and bugger anyone else. Even our passengers, let alone other road users.
And we think we're in control. The laws of physics don't apply.
Internationally, our driving is a joke.
Add our propensity to drink or dak or anything else and then get behind the wheel is beyond stupid.
Simple thing the 2 second rule, 4 seconds in the wet, yet very few follow it. Instead they're up everyone and anyone's rear at every opportunity. Why? So they can pass and own the road once again.
Why that rule? Because its humanly not possible to react to a situation in under 2 seconds...try it on anything (off the road). See if you can go 'oh shit, get your brain and body in synch, or even instinctively, react, and take evasive or corrective action to avoid the situation, let alone survive it, or at the least come out car and body relatively unscathed.
Physics (and biology) dictate what happens. Luck is what happens if the least that happens is you get a helluva a fright.
No such thing as car accidents., they're driver crashes. Stop kidding yourself.
And if you ever hurt one of mine by being a dumbf*** you'll wish you hadn't survived.
So, you have to drive a little slower? Pffft, poor you, King of the Road.
