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There are so many reasons why you should actually wear glasses when you are driving and of course this just doesn’t apply for the people that need them as you can always go after something like cheap glasses.

However if you already wear the glasses you should most certainly be wearing them when you are driving around in your car. If your vision is a blurry when you are outside of the car then why would it be any different in front of the wheel. It it very stupid because it sounds like an obvious thing to but it happens a lot of the time when people forget to put on their glasses.

A lot of the problems that happen are not from the peoplethat wear their glasses all of the time but from the people that are only wearing them for things like television and DRIVING A CAR!

A really good idea is to actually go out and get another pair of glasses to put into the car so you know what to do and you cannot forget them when you are going to leave.

The people that wear their glasses are a lot less likely to cause an accident and this becomes a serious problem for the people that forget to put them on. if you have just gotten into the car and have forgotten the glasses but know you are running a bit late then go and get them, safety is priority over everything.

If you are doing things like this then without a doubt you are going to be cutting down the rate of an accident. Prescription glasses aren’t as expensive as they used to be and there are plenty of cheap online places that offer good quality glasses.

A car delivery driver from South Yorkshire narrowly avoided serious injury when he slavishly followed his Tom Tom sat nav instructions, leading him to the edge of a 100ft drop.

Robert Jones was following an unfamiliar route home after a night out in the Pennines. He mindlessly followed his Tom Tom sat nav instructions even when it directed him down a steep lane that was completely unsuitable for vehicles. It was only when is silver BMW 5 series car hit a fence on the edge of a cliff that he realized there was a problem.

Jones was charged with driving without due care and attention. Mr Jones tried to blame his sat nav but was convicted, fined £370 plus costs of £500 as well as receiving 6 points on his license.  After the case he said that he still used his sat nav and that it had never let me down before.

Over reliance on sat nav systems has been blamed for many accidents on Britains roads. In early 2009 a young man was banned from driving for 20 months after being guided onto a railway line in Goole by his sat nav.

The same thing happened to a driver in Sussex who avoided prosecution. She had tried to make her Toyota contract hire company responsible as she said that they had set up her sat nav system.

Drivers have been reminded that they are responsible for their sat nav systems, even if they were supplied and fitted by their cheap car lease or car hire company. If sat nave instructions lead somewhere that is unsuitable it is the drivers responsibility to ignore the instructions.

Many drivers have admitted performing sudden manoeuvres as a result of instructions from their sat navs and as many as 300,000 accidents are estimated to have been caused by such actions.

A significant proportion of RTAs are caused by drivers who are not aware that other road users are close to their own vehicle.These accidents often occur at junctions, crossings, roundabouts or blind turns.  If larger vehicles are involved, these accidents can lead to serious injuries or even fatalities.  Surprisingly, it is in the face of such serious consequences that the humble roadside traffic mirror can prove to be a potential life saver.

We see them in everyday use, mostly for purposes of security in shops and warehouses – convex safety mirrors which come in either rectangular or circular form.These convex mirrors consist of a reflective face made of shatterproof acrylic and housing made from unbreakable ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) plastic which is UV treated to protect it from the discolouring of bright sunlight.

Traffic mirrors are suitable at sites where traffic on the road is travelling at a speed where visibility for oncoming or emerging vehicles is virtually zero.They assist drivers in avoiding situations that could lead to accidents – common high risk collision hotspots are driveways, concealed entrances as well as crossroads and intersections.

These mirrors are found not just on the roads but also on the vehicles that travel on them, being as they are a vital road safety component of the rear view mirrors on HGVs.It is vital that the drivers of these vehicles pay particular attention to what is in their blind spot as visibility is of paramount importance.

As well as paying attention to your rear view mirrors, make sure that you also keep your eyes moving around on the view ahead.Many drivers can develop a hypnotic stare at a point of on the road in front of them and not consider what is in their peripheral vision.This lapse in concentration could prove to be costly – if they failed to notice the mirror letting them know about the HGV hurtling around the next blind turn, it could be the last mistake they ever make.