Where do most fatal car accidents happen?

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Where do most fatal car accidents happen?

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answered Jan 17 by 15thgear (22,550 points)
Most fatal car accidents happen on rural roads and long and fairly straight stretches of road.

Most of these fatal accidents that happen are caused by driver distraction and speeding.

The road that most accidents happen are rural roads, interstate roads, intersections.

A lot of accidents also happen in parking lots.

The number 2 cause of collisions is speeding which causes nearly 55 percent of car accidents in the United States.

40% of run off road crashes are caused by poor visibility, inattention, falling asleep and excessive speed.

The single biggest cause of crashes out on the road is driver error followed by distracted driving, impaired driving, speeding and fatigued driving and aggressive driving.

The reason cars can't accelerate on ice is due to the coefficient of friction between the ice and the tire.

The ice is also slippery and there's not enough traction so the tires can also slip on the ice and spin out.

When cars are on dry pavement they can accelerate or decelerate due to the friction that is between the tires and road.

At 60 mph it takes 292 feet for a car to stop.

At 70 mph you can stop a car at about 315 feet which is what it takes to come to a complete stop from 70 mph.

Rolling stops are not legal in any state for any vehicle.

In all states Rolling Stops are always illegal.

It's called a California Rolling Stop as it's a very common traffic violation that occurs in California where people fail to come to a complete stop at stop signs.

California Rolling Stop means to fail to come to a complete stop at a stop sign and go through it at a speed of 5 MPH or less.

It's both a California stop or California Roll and a rolling stop as rolling stops are called California Rolls as they are a common traffic violation in California.

A rolling stop in California is 1 point and also can result in a $238.00 fine and the point is automatically reported to your insurance company.

To suspend your license in CA you need 4 points in 1 year or 6 points in 2 years or 8 points in 3 years.

A DUI in California is 2 points and you cannot go to traffic school for a DUI in California to remove the points.

You can remove points from your license in California by taking a defensive driving course or going to traffic school.

You can also take an online traffic school course in California to help remove points from your license.

Car insurance in California goes up as much as 35 percent after a speeding ticket in California.

California does give points for out of state tickets if they find out you have gotten a traffic ticket out of state.

The amount of points you can have in a year in California is 4 points.

In 2 years you can have 6 points and 8 points in 3 years in California and if you have too many points in California in a short time your drivers license can be suspended.

A speeding ticket stays on your record in California for 3 years.

The speeding ticket can be used against you for 3 years and then after 3 years the speeding ticket cannot be used against you.

The cost of a speeding ticket in California varies depending on how fast you were going over the speed limit.

If you were only going 1 to 15 MPH over the speed limit then the speed ticket in California would be $35.00 and if you go 26 + MPH and over then the speeding ticket can be as much as $100.00 to $500.00

Traffic school does not remove points in California although going through traffic school can help to get the points removed and traffic school can also help you lower your auto insurance premiums as well.

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