Accidents Caused by Elderly Drivers

For the past few months, every week, "A car driven by an elderly man crashes into a line of preschool children, resulting in the loss of a precious life.I see news reports of accidents called "the accident. Whenever I see such news, I feel a sense of tightness in my heart.

The feelings of a parent whose child, whom they had dropped off at daycare as usual... who had waved "Bye-bye" to them with a big smile on his/her face, has suddenly become a stranger who has never returned.

The feelings of a childcare worker whose young child has been involved in an accident in front of her, despite her safety considerations and best efforts to take precautions.

The children who were nearby must have been really, really scared.

."If my precious child had to go through that...Just thinking about it makes my heart ache and tears well up in my eyes.

So every time I see a report of such an incident, I think, "Drive safely, no matter what, before the fun of driving.I always kept this in mind.

Furthermore, since I've recently started driving a manual car, I'veI am more aware of safe driving than ever before.Unlike AT cars, a large part of the operation is left in the driver's hands, and even though I'm getting used to driving a manual, there are still some tense moments.Driving with "maybes" or driving with a wide distance between vehiclesI try to be aware of such things on a daily basis.

Nevertheless, these tragic incidents are "theThere is no way that this could happen anywhere near us.I was thinking somewhere in the back of my mind, "I'm not going to be able to do this.

Car Accident in Nishinomiya

Then yesterday morning, I received a message on the LINE between mothers at my eldest daughter's kindergarten, and when I casually looked at the notification on my phone, I saw that it was a message from the mother of my daughter's kindergarten teacher, who was also a mother of my daughter.

A car crashed into a child near the school.

And. When I saw that sentence, my heart froze for a moment. No way, my child was involved...!

When I hurriedly opened the line, it said, "I just passed by the scene and saw many police, ambulances, and the media, so I checked to see what was going on.There was an accident in which a car plowed into a line of nursery school children.The URL of the article about the accident was attached with the text "Yes.

*Article and image source:.69-year-old woman arrested in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, for driving into a line of preschoolers, injuring two.

The site of the accident is a place that my husband and I drive by every day, just a stone's throw from the kindergarten that our oldest daughter attends. There was also a time when our daughters' kindergarten used to take the very same road where the accident occurred to get to the park ahead of us.

The preschool attended by the child involved in the accident is a very popular preschool in the area, and I once went to visit the school with the intention of sending my eldest daughter there.

I was quite shocked when I read the article because the accident happened so close to me. However, it may be wrong to say that this accident was a blessing in disguise.Both of the two injured preschoolers are non-life-threatening.So I think that was really, really good there.

Driving a manual car

These days, there are reports of car accidents every week, so I thought, "Are there more car accidents now than before?I thought, "I'll check it out.Traffic fatalities in 2018 were down from last year and were the lowest on record since statistics began.Yes, it seems so. On the other hand, the percentage of elderly people is apparently increasing.(*Article source.3,532 traffic fatalities in 2018 - lowest since statistics began; percentage of elderly increased)

I don't know if the media has some kind of agenda in reporting traffic accidents day after day, even though the number of accidents is decreasing...but anyway, as a car driver, there is nothing better than being overly conscious of safe driving.

When we were talking about this kind of thing, my husband

Many of the cars that have been in accidents have been mishandled and run off the road. But.A truly safe car should be able to stop as soon as the driver makes a mistake.I think so. In that sense, a MT car is definitely safer, because it will stall and stop if you make a mistake.

And. I really think so.

Since most people these days obtain an AT-only driver's license, many of them are driving without knowing the structure of a car or how a car should move and stop in the first place.(I was like that for a long time.)

The automaker has been working on the "Further enhance the technology and safety of automated car drivingOf course, it is important to "take care of the car," but that does not mean that we should leave it to the car. However, this does not mean that we should leave it up to the car, but it is important to know and learn about the car properly so that we can be prepared in case of an emergency.