Bad habits to avoid when driving a car

(Baonghean.vn) - Not observing surroundings, using brakes at the wrong time or having poor awareness of traffic lights... can be dangerous when participating in traffic.

Careless, subjective

“Do not be negligent, even for a second” is an important principle to avoid mistakes for drivers. Traffic experts recommend that every 3 to 5 seconds, drivers should look through the rearview mirror once, only then can they be proactive in dealing with unexpected situations.

Do not place your hands at the 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock positions.

If the steering wheel is like the face of a clock, then the 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock steering wheel positions are not only incorrect due to driving habits but also extremely dangerous.

If the airbag deploys in a crash, the force of the explosion could break your fingers. The correct positions are 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock.

Braking in a corner

While cornering, we instinctively think that braking will slow down the vehicle and make the cornering easier. Few people know that, in fact, braking will make the wheel much more difficult to control.

Moreover, the short corner, you do not have enough time to calculate the weight on the car. If the weight of the car is too heavy, the inertia will be large, making braking while cornering even more dangerous.

Brake at the wrong time

Not keeping a safe distance or looking around can cause you to use too much brake. It will be difficult for the driver behind you to handle. So, brake gently and look carefully.

Look closely at the car in front.

Due to psychology, sometimes we are speeding on the road and looking at the car in front, something suddenly appears behind that car and makes you startled, which can cause an accident.

Instead, scan the entire width of the road, trying to see the car in front of you. Or at least in the gaps between cars, so you can gauge what's ahead.

Not turning in the correct lane

Perhaps nothing disrupts the flow of traffic at an intersection more than someone not using the correct lane. Law-abiding drivers not only provide safety, but also comfort to other drivers.

Do not brake continuously when going downhill

When the car goes downhill, the heat from the brake pads is transmitted back, causing the brake fluid to boil. The bad consequence is that the brakes will fail at the end of the downhill section. At that time, the speed will increase due to inertia while the brakes do not "work", which is extremely dangerous.

Poor awareness of traffic lights

Drivers should use their front and rear brake lights. Make yourself as visible as possible to drivers behind you so they don't have to change lanes unexpectedly or brake suddenly.

See your face in the rearview mirror

Most cars have no blind spot behind them if your mirrors are adjusted properly. The best way to check is to sit in the driver's seat and not see your face in any of the three mirrors.

Always turn on high beams

Driving at night is risky because of the limited visibility. The less visibility you have, the more limited your ability to control your vehicle. So many people choose to always have their high beams on full blast.

Imagine a beam of light hundreds of thousands of times brighter than a candle shining directly on your retina? It would not be a mere annoyance. Instead, it would seriously affect your ability to drive safely.

Using headlights in foggy weather

The light from your headlights will reflect off all the water vapor molecules in the air, and the refraction of light into the tiny droplets will make your visibility worse. Turn on your fog lights or low beams, enough to let other drivers know there is a car coming your way.

Do not adjust the seat, steering wheel, or rearview mirrors.

This is a basic mistake that people who have just learned to drive often make. They often do not care about how to sit properly, adjust the steering wheel and rearview mirror to the correct position. In fact, the above things are very important, because if you have a comfortable sitting position and good vision, it will help you easily observe both sides and quickly handle bad situations.

Turn on cruise control in the rain

Simply because on rainy roads, everything in the car should be controlled by "rice" is the most important. Cruise control mode is only useful on dry roads, when the sensors and brakes work perfectly.

Stop the car in the blind spot of another car

If you are lined up alongside the end of another vehicle’s trailer, flash your lights or do something to let the driver in that vehicle know you are behind them. If you are in the blind spot of a long vehicle, you will not have time to react when they change lanes or turn left/right.

Not wearing a seat belt

In the event of a sudden collision, in addition to airbags, seat belts are key to saving the lives of people in the car.

Some people will have a habit of being subjective because the distance traveled is not too far so wearing a seat belt is almost unnecessary and a waste of effort, but it is this lack of awareness that leads to unforeseen consequences.

Too many things on the dashboard

When you have to brake suddenly, many miscellaneous things placed in front of the dashboard will fly straight into your face, making you more panicked and dangerous. The dashboard of a car is not a bookshelf that you can throw all kinds of things on.

Overtaking at a roundabout

When entering roundabouts, drivers must slow down and yield to vehicles on the right. Be careful not to overtake in roundabouts to avoid congestion or even accidents.

Ignore the weather

If speed limits are based on driver awareness, weather factors are more unpredictable and objective, which many people easily ignore.

A heavy rainstorm or storm is expected, even when it is hot on the road, these are not pleasant weather conditions for driving as well as affecting safety when traveling. Therefore, what you need to do is to monitor the weather and choose the right time and direction before leaving.

Ngoc Anh

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