AVOIDING THAT FINAL EXIT
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by Gunther Doerfert, Auto Safety Columnist
AVOIDING THAT FINAL EXIT
BOVINE, MS: Many older persons prefer to drive the back roads rather than the Interstates. Retirees seem to have enough time to do so. It is more relaxing, there is more to see, and there are more antique stores for that every 2 hour leg-stretch. Believe it or not though, statistics show that controlled access highways are far safer than ordinary roads.
Going from Jackson to Vicksburg, I-20 is the only direct road. On that highway there are numerous drivers slowing in the Interstate lanes just prior to exiting. This puts others in danger, not expecting the driver ahead to take the foot off the accelerator, not using the brake lights as a sign of slowing, nor using the directional signals. Such drivers apparently have no idea that they are endangering their own lives by such thoughtless driving. To be sure, they are found in all states so this is not a complaint just about Mississippi motorists.
MS auto safety experts say that in Y2005 about 3,400 MS drivers over age 50 completed a classroom safe driving program. Among many skills they renewed was making safe exits from high speed roads. For their attendance they received an extra auto insurance premium reduction in addition to refreshing their life-saving driving habits.
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by Gunther Doerfert, Auto Safety Columnist
AVOIDING THAT FINAL EXIT
BOVINE, MS: Many older persons prefer to drive the back roads rather than the Interstates. Retirees seem to have enough time to do so. It is more relaxing, there is more to see, and there are more antique stores for that every 2 hour leg-stretch. Believe it or not though, statistics show that controlled access highways are far safer than ordinary roads.
Going from Jackson to Vicksburg, I-20 is the only direct road. On that highway there are numerous drivers slowing in the Interstate lanes just prior to exiting. This puts others in danger, not expecting the driver ahead to take the foot off the accelerator, not using the brake lights as a sign of slowing, nor using the directional signals. Such drivers apparently have no idea that they are endangering their own lives by such thoughtless driving. To be sure, they are found in all states so this is not a complaint just about Mississippi motorists.
MS auto safety experts say that in Y2005 about 3,400 MS drivers over age 50 completed a classroom safe driving program. Among many skills they renewed was making safe exits from high speed roads. For their attendance they received an extra auto insurance premium reduction in addition to refreshing their life-saving driving habits.
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posted by WRECK-LESS at Sunday, March 26, 2006
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