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I’m someone that checks my side mirror when I make a turn just to collect data on whether my tire touches the line. So I agree with OP. If you consider mistake

I’m someone that checks my side mirror when I make a turn just to collect data on whether my tire touches the line. So I agree with OP. If you consider mistakes like “not checking your blind spot and aborting a lane change” as a part of normal driving, I would have to say that you are not a good driver. You don’t get to a point where you become proud of your work without keeping track of your mistakes and improving on them.

brookst 3y ago
Well said. I try to be 100% attentive (spoiler: am not perfect) and rather than losing interest in “boring” driving situations I play a game of trying to guess what other drivers will do, and being very conscious of whether I am right. It’s mostly a way to maintain alertness, but it’s also helped discover patterns. Like, on city streets, if someone pulls out in front of you unreasonably and makes you get on the brakes, odds are good they will are only going a short distance and will turn, likely necessitating braking. But yeah, just throwing up hands and declaring that everyone probably makes the mistake is no way to improve, at anything.