People worry about shark attacks, but shouldn’t. People worry about terrorist attacks, but the odds are still extremely low. Lots of folks are afraid of flying, but it’s still one of the safest methods of travel. Of all the things we should worry about, driving ranks up there at the top. If you aren’t elderly, it’s the mostly likely way to die. Yet we jump in our vehicles and roar around like we own the roads and never think about it. We should. I told my kids they will NOT be learning to drive until they know the rules of the road and how to find their way home. And they won’t know those things well until they are tall enough to ride in the front seat (yeah, I’m concerned about airbags, too). So I try to explain traffic to them while we’re in the car, but there are so many things to learn, it’s a wonder I ever learned them! I mainly reinforce the basics. Rule #1: do not hit anything with your car. Rule #2: avoid getting hit by other cars. Please.

This security camera footage is of a traffic intersection in St. Petersburg, Russia. There seems to be twelve lanes of traffic intersecting with no stoplights. At least I don’t see any lights. Apparently the drivers don’t, either! (via Arbroath)

A whole slew of dancing traffic cops from around the world.

Spot the Speed Trap game. Find the hidden cameras. (via Everlasting Blort)

Incomprehensible intersections. Also known as malfunction junctions. (via Neatorama)

A 19-year-old man was supposedly trying to commit suicide when he drove his car into a (closed) shopping mall in Florida. The car continued down the hallway, took out a perfume kiosk, then proceeded to the lower level via the escalator route. Security cameras were there to catch all the action for your entertainment. The driver was taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries and a psychiatric evaluation.

The signs on the Lincoln Tunnel clearly state that clearance is 13 feet. The rig Gilberto Cantu was driving was 13 feet, 6 inches. Still, he drove all the way through the tunnel before he realized he’d not only lost the top of his truck, but also took out the tunnel’s ceiling tiles! You’ll love the picture.

If you’re driving in Taiwan, and you see a traffic light that is both red and green, what do you do?

Your Driving Is is: 49% Male, 51% Female

According to studies, you drive both like a guy and a girl. This means you're a pretty average driver, with typical quirks. Occasionally you're frustrated and or a little reckless, but that's the exception - not the norm.

Pictures of strange accidents pictures, part one and part two. Makes you wonder how they did that!

Scariest accident ever! Be sure to look at all three pictures. Don’t be afraid to click the link, there’s no blood and guts, just... fear. (via Cynical-C)

NTSB

(via Bits and Pieces)
The National Transportation Safety Board recently divulged they had funded a project with the US auto makers for the past five years. The NTSB covertly funded a project whereby the auto makers were installing black boxes in four wheel drive pickup trucks in an effort to determine, in fatal accidents, the circumstances in the last 15 seconds before the crash.

They were surprised to find in 49 of the 50 states the last words of drivers in 61.2% of fatal crashes were, "Oh, Shit!"

Only the state of Texas was different, where 89.3% of the final words were, "Hey Y'all, hold my beer and watch this!"

Tips on where the driver is from

One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: New York

One hand on wheel, one finger out window: Chicago

One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on accelerator: Boston

One hand on wheel, cradling cell phone,brick on accelerator: California

With gun in lap: L.A.

Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in terror: Ohio, but driving in California.

Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone in back seat: Italy

One hand on latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on brake, mind on game: Seattle

One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between both feet being on the accelerator and both on the brake, throwing a McDonalds bag out the window: Texas city male

One hand on wheel, one hand hanging out the window, keeping speed steadily at 70mph, driving down the center of the road unless coming around a blind curve, in which case they are on the left side of the road: Texas country male

One hand constantly refocusing the rear-view mirror to show different angles of the BIG hair, one hand going between mousse, brush, and rat-tail to keep the helmet hair going, both feet on the accelerator, poodle steering the car, chrome .38 revolver with mother of pearl inlaid handle in the glove compartment: Texas female

Both hands on steering wheel in a relaxed posture, eyes constantly checking the rear-view mirror to watch for visible emissions from their own or another's car: Colorado

One hand on steering wheel, yelling obscenities, the other hand waving gun out the window and firing repeatedly, keeping a careful eye out for landmarks along the way so as to be able to come back and pick up any bullets that didn't hit other motorists so as not to litter: Colorado resident on spotting a car with Texas plate.

Four wheel drive pickup truck, shotgun mounted in rear window, beer cans on floor, squirrel tails attached to antenna: West Virginia male.

Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above window level, driving 35 on the interstate in the left lane with the left blinker on: Florida "seasoned citizen" driver, also known as "no-see-um"

What does a yellow light mean?

Thought for today: Please don't do any unnecessary driving unless it's absolutely necessary -radio announcer commenting on hazardous driving conditions.

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