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Originally Posted by Mazrim
On the flip side, many bad drivers have no stories to tell because they never notice the near accidents they get into. There are way too many oblivious drivers out there.
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Yup, that's true too, but I wouldn't think there is a reverse correlation between driving ability and the number of near misses one is involved in.
Seems to me I hear a lot more near miss stories being caused by idiots from self professed great drivers (who usually also talk about how they are safer speeding than they are at the speed limit) than one would expect if they actually were such a great driver.
This is how the continum seems to work in thier mind:
Totally crappy oblivous driver: No near misses reported(for lack of knowing what they've done)
Below average driver: Many near misses reported (almost cause more accidents, and realize it)
Average driver: Average number of near misses reported (cause that's how stats work)
Better than average driver: Few near misses reported (good driving skill reduces incidents of near misses)
Self professed great driver: A whole freaking lot of near misses reported (Inexplicable statistical anomaly which is clearly caused by those other idiots who don't know how to drive???????)