Let’s face facts, there are a lot of things we trust in our lives, especially when it comes to driving. We trust drivers will stop at red lights and not blow through the intersection, we expect drivers will check to see if it’s clear before changing lanes and we never expect to get into a collision. However, the reality of life is we can’t really trust too many things…except yourself. Trusting other people while driving can often put you at risk.
For the decades that I’ve been involved with road safety I’ve seen a lot; maybe too much and maybe not enough yet. Time will tell. What I do see every day is trust – blind trust. The trust I’m referring to is trust with the drivers around us. With so much happening in our lives these days it’s very common to lose track of what’s happening around us that serious mistakes tend to happen.
