{"id":2011,"date":"2025-05-19T05:47:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T05:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:46:05","slug":"3-signs-of-a-bad-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/2025\/05\/19\/3-signs-of-a-bad-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"3 signs of a bad driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-signs-of-a-bad-driver.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-signs-of-a-bad-driver.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-signs-of-a-bad-driver-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-signs-of-a-bad-driver-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-signs-of-a-bad-driver-768x469.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you speed up when seeing a yellow light, check your phone at stop signs, and tailgate slower road users, you might be what one calls a bad driver.<\/p>\n<p>Studies show that 80% of drivers think they\u2019re above average at the practice, however, most licence holders vastly overestimate their abilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is called the Dunning-Kruger Effect, where people overestimate their abilities, like thinking they can drive perfectly while texting,\u201d said the insurer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeuroscientists have proven that your brain can\u2019t focus on 2 complex tasks at once. Driving while texting is like juggling knives while blindfolded\u2026 Sooner or later, something\u2019s going to go wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The insurer said that one should earnestly ask yourself the following three questions:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do I speed up when I see a yellow light?<\/li>\n<li>Do I check my phone at stop signs?<\/li>\n<li>Do I tailgate slow drivers?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIf the answer is yes, congrats. You might be overconfident and a tiny bit reckless,\u201d said King Price.<\/p>\n<p>Corresponding to the number of drivers who believe they are above average, reckless and negligent driving have been identified as major drivers of vehicle accidents in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The country has among the most dangerous thoroughfares in the world owing to the frequency of speeding and\u00a0<strong>alcohol consumption<\/strong>\u00a0on the roads.<\/p>\n<p>Research by driver education platform Zutobi found that approximately 57.5% of road traffic deaths can be linked to alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>General lawlessness, such as\u00a0<strong>not wearing a seatbelt<\/strong>, is another major contributor.<\/p>\n<p>Zutobi noted that South Africa has among the worst compliance rates of any country in the world, with only 31% of front-seat passengers generally wearing their seatbelts.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We can be better<\/h3>\n<p>Fortunately, one can improve their driving behaviour by consistently practicing positive habits.<\/p>\n<p>Many accidents happen because drivers fail to notice other cars, pedestrians, or even buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis happens because of something called \u2018in-attentional blindness\u2019, where your brain filters out what it doesn\u2019t expect to be there,\u201d said King Price.<\/p>\n<p>To overcome this challenge, you can train yourself to scan intersections properly and check blind spots twice before making any moves.<\/p>\n<p>Studies further show that bad drivers have slower reaction times because they don\u2019t anticipate problems.<\/p>\n<p>This causes them to only act moments before disaster when they have zero room for error.<\/p>\n<p>To unlearn this habit, always watch what the vehicle two cars ahead is doing instead of only the one in front of you.<\/p>\n<p>King Price also urges motorists to put their phones down when behind the wheel, as nothing is so important that it\u2019s worth rear-ending a taxi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy being aware of your habits, you can actually become a safer, smarter driver,\u201d said the insurer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only could you save your own life, but it could even lower your insurance premiums while you\u2019re at it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you speed up when seeing a yellow light, check your phone at stop signs, and tailgate slower road users, you might be what one&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innov8ions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2013,"href":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011\/revisions\/2013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innov8fs.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}