[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Wandatime

Exactly. I told my husband when we moved here that, in order to avoid an accident, assume everyone is either an idiot or feel they are entitled to your lane. In other words, drive defensively. Very defensively. I'd rather cede the road and avoid an accident than be right and have a mangled car.

Yup, that pretty much it in a nutshell. You have to assume that the other driver is going to do the wrong thing until you see evidence to the contrary. My father always said, "Stop signs don't stop cars". I was riding my bicycle today and some one with a stop sign in front of them pulled out right in front of me. I was anticipating that they might so there was no problem.