Sure, cities have traffic jams, while the country has roadside vendors selling jams — and little traffic. But rural drivers should know this: You are more likely to die in a car or truck accident than those on packed  urban streets or freeways.

Why? Glad you asked. For one thing, people tend to drive faster on rural roads — and certainly have more freedom to do so, compared to city folk bogged down by numbers. Urbanites who are stalled at rush hour, take heart: At least your slow speed makes it less likely you’ll get hurt in a collision.

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In many ways, driving is all about margin of error. Or in gambling terms, it’s about odds. When you drive defensively, you enhance your odds, along with the margin of error by you or another driver. If you tailgate, drive too fast, change lanes suddenly, cut off other cars and otherwise are reckless, your margin of error – your odds – will only shrink.

Many reckless drivers have been lucky for so long that they figure this margin of error doesn’t apply to them. They figure they’ve been able to tailgate, speed and whip in and out of lanes so many times without an accident, that why shouldn’t they keep doing it? Of course, sooner or later such odds may catch up with them. Sooner or later, someone may pay a horrible price for their recklessness. (more…)

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