# Rider hit this AM **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [March 20, 2012, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-hit-this-am/263081 "2012-03-20T07:24:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-hit-this-am/263081/9 "2012-03-21T06:18:57Z")
> [@question about stolen property](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/question-about-stolen-property/48742/7): > > This. I guess because of my incident with the popo when I was 16 and having to do defensive driving a few times (once court ordered, 2 other times to get the discount)…you become more alert. I am CONSTANTLY scanning my surroundings. > > It’s amazing how, if you are alert, you can see what people will do before they do it (such as on the highway, you can tell who’s about to change lanes in front of you most of the time). Thats the awareness EVERYONE should practice behind the wheel or handlebars, every day. but sadly I would say less than 5% of the cars I see on the road seem to have that skill. Driving is really fucking simple isnt it when you just hone a few simple skill sets. When you know your car, its size, its speeds, its brakes, its mirrors, its turning radius, etc… something anyone who gives a shit can understand in 45 seconds behind the wheel of any “new” to them car… driving around safely is cake. I firmly believe 90% of the accidents, no matter how big or small, are caused by reckless THINKING and have very little if nothing to do with the car, its condition, the road conditions, etc. Its ALL in the drivers head. Too lazy, too ignorant, too cocky, too impatient, too just plane stupid, too careless… ADDS to the things like driving conditions, other drivers, vehicle conditions, that anyone else can overcome safely, yet these people fail at and cause an accident. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rider-hit-this-am/263081)._