{"id":15177,"date":"2024-08-05T11:03:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/?p=15177"},"modified":"2024-08-14T12:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:18:44","slug":"faulty-airbag-3-rules-to-avoid-auto-accidents-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.steveblaising.com\/content\/faulty-airbag-3-rules-to-avoid-auto-accidents-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Faulty airbag: 3 rules to avoid auto accidents forever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have avoided auto accidents and faulty airbags all of my life, until last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On my way to the gym, I enter an intersection I\u2019ve driven a thousand times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A black Mazda abruptly turns into me delivering a crashing blow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upon impact, airbags from the steering wheel and driver’s door exploded, pulverizing my left arm with abrasions, cuts, and hematomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I get out fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

After I call 911, the police and fire trucks scream at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loaded into the ambulance, I lay on the gurney while the med team ran tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An officer tells a tech, “The other driver doesn’t have insurance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is this a bad dream?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it is, and I vow to myself a crash-free future if at all possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After my bell rang\u2014and it’s still ringing\u2014I’m highlighting three rules for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Treat intersections like snakes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Forever realize that every intersection is a poisonous snake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 80% of all crashes at intersections result in injury or death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My goal from hereon is to respect each intersection like a cobra den.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look ahead and make space for the unexpected, all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this frightening crash, I’m doing this at all intersections whether or not there’s a . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n