Road diving is an essential aspect of human everyday existence. It aids our going to work, visiting loved ones, stopping at the grocery store, and a lot more advantages than we can mention. Seeing that we get a lot of things done faster and easier with driving, it is only normal that we learn how to drive properly and safely.

As useful and resourceful as road driving is, it has also claimed the lives of many and even left several people with lasting scars and injuries. This is not because road diving is bad in itself, but because the people behind the wheels are not doing some things right, on purpose, or unintentionally. Some of the tips to safe driving anywhere are discussed below:

Never drink and drive

Drinking while driving is almost consequential to impending road accidents because people who drink and drive are prone to potential loss of concentration and coordination behind the wheels. Although the aftermath of drinking is different for various people, it is still not an advisable thing to do when driving.

If you will be hanging out with some friends till late at night and would most likely drink, you should take a cab or call on someone to take you home.

Assume you are the only sane person

 This singular assumption has saved a lot of people from serious accidents. When driving, you should never assume that the driver of the car next to you is sane. It is a standing rule that will keep you safe.

Some people could be in so much hurry that they don’t want to wait to see the green light or follow traffic rules. So, drivers should always stay alert for contingencies as they drive and leave a chance for the errors of other drivers. Give reasonable space between your car and the next car, always check your mirrors, and you should be fine.

Follow traffic rules

Traffic rules are there to guide how you drive and bring everyone under the same understanding. A “No U-turn” sign makes the person on the other side sure that “nobody in their right senses should try to make a turn here”. However, remember that an assumption that not everyone is in their right senses will help avoid problems.

Alcohol addiction is one of the most common substance addictions in the US and the world at large. Records have it that people who abuse alcohol are liable to some aftereffects of its use. These aftereffects can be either good or bad because people have different rationales as to why they drink alcohol excessively.

Alcohol addiction is sometimes called alcoholism and is common to both the young and old. Alcohol can act as a depressant that proves to be temporarily useful to people experiencing stress disorder and traumatic breakdown. Some people even take alcohol as a way out of their pain, emotional issues, work, and life stress.

However good those might sound; the effects of alcohol abuse can lead to dangerous mental impairment and loss of control. Alcohol addiction sometimes breeds a wrong sense of judgment and false boldness for those suffering low self-esteem and depression. Most people take it as an easy path to do those things they are naturally unable to do.

Most criminal cases like murder, rape, robbery, and road rage are usually induced by alcohol. Some people might have the thought of doing bad things but are void of the confidence to conjure such evil. Alcohol abuse distorts people’s senses of control, limits, and motivation which aids them to carry out things that their sense of norm and value will naturally forbid.

It is not news that some of the most dangerous communities in various countries are places where alcohol and other addictive substances are seriously abused. If proper caution is taken and those affected are brought to treatment, there is a high tendency that the crime rate will reduce drastically.

Rape, for instance, is one behavior that a person in his right senses will not do. However, when overtaken by intoxication, it is almost impossible to overturn and take charge. The following are effects of alcohol abuse that will likely induce crime:

• Brain damage
• Behavioral changes
• Hallucination
• Alcohol dependence
• Depression