If you’re on the road long enough as a driver, you will likely see a few car accidents. They can happen at any time. You might see a sideswipe collision, a T-bone car wreck, or a fender bender. You may also see a head-on crash, though those happen more rarely.
Contacting professional legal counsel following car accidents becomes crucial, especially if your insurance won’t cover all the damage. However, you should also do all you can to avoid such situations. Safe driving can prevent many head-on collisions, as well as the other types we mentioned.
In this article, we’ll discuss head-on car wrecks in detail. We’ll cover what these accidents entail and what often causes them. When we’re finished, you’ll know what specific actions to avoid that might save your life or prevent serious injuries.
What Does a Head-On Car Crash Mean?
First, you should know what we mean when we use the term head-on car crash. A head-on wreck means you have two vehicles colliding head-to-head. The front grille of one runs into the front grille of another. If this happens, maybe it’s just a tap. Even that can cause injuries and damage. If you have a situation where the two cars collide with force, that’s when you’ll more often see serious harm or even deaths.
If someone driving a car hits another driver head-on, that probably means one of the drivers made a severe mistake. That’s why you see these types of accidents more rarely than ones where a driver taps the rear bumper of a car ahead or scrapes a vehicle in the lane beside them because they failed to check their blind spot before changing lanes.
Now, let’s look at a few ways a head-on car wreck might occur.
Poor Vision:
If someone has poor vision, they should wear corrective lenses or contacts if they’re going to drive a car. You might have someone with poor vision who has the condition from the moment they’re born.
If so, they presumably know about it from the time they’re very young. They should have contacts or glasses they can use when they drive. They might also look into getting laser eye surgery instead. It’s very safe and common these days.
However, you may also have a situation sometimes where a person sees pretty well at first, but then, as they get older, they don’t have 20/20 vision anymore. Even if you don’t have perfect vision, you can still usually drive with no issues.
You might pass a certain threshold, though, where you can’t see very well at all. Maybe you can’t read a book like you once could. Perhaps you also can’t read the street signs that you’re passing or see what signal a traffic light gives you at an intersection.
If your vision gets to that point, you must either wear corrective glasses or contacts, or else you shouldn’t drive anymore. However, sometimes, you’ll encounter someone who refuses to get glasses or contacts. Maybe they deny the effects of aging and insist they’re fine, even if that’s not the case.
If so, that can spell disaster on the road. A head-to-head collision might happen if one of these stubborn individuals goes the wrong way up a one-way street or can’t see a red light and drives right through it and into an intersection.
When these situations happen, they can prove catastrophic. The party who can’t see well might kill or seriously injure someone. If they survive the wreck, they’re probably looking at a costly personal injury lawsuit or maybe even some jail time.
Intoxication:
Intoxication can certainly cause a head-to-head collision as well. You might have someone who drinks alcohol and has passed the legal limit when they decide to drive. Maybe they drink at home and don’t realize their level of intoxication before they want to drive to the store or to some other locale. You might have an individual who drinks at a bar and doesn’t feel like taking public transportation or an Uber home.
Such a person might not see a street sign and go the wrong way up a one-way street. They might swerve over the double yellow lines and hit a car going in the opposite direction.
You might also have a driver who smoked marijuana or ingested an edible. Maybe they consumed prescription medication that made them drowsy, and they nodded off behind the wheel.
You should avoid any of these behaviors. Most drivers know they shouldn’t consume alcohol or smoke marijuana before driving, but you should also look out for prescription medication that might make you woozy or even cause you to fall asleep behind the wheel. Maybe a doctor prescribed you that medication, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t carry some risks with use.
Bad Weather:
Bad weather can definitely cause head-on collisions. If you’re driving in a rainstorm, a snowstorm, an ice storm, or anything along those lines, that probably means you can’t see as well. Maybe you can’t see the double yellow lines in the middle of the road, and you drift over them and into oncoming traffic. You might also step on the brakes and skid out of your lane if you hit a patch of ice or a big puddle.
If possible, you should avoid driving when it’s raining heavily, snowing, hailing, or when there are high winds. Any of these can make driving dangerous.
If you can put off an excursion in your car, do so. Don’t think that you can handle any driving situation, even if you’re very experienced. Getting out on the road could result in you causing a head-to-head collision or any of the other kinds that we brought up earlier.
Avoiding the most serious driving mistakes probably means you will stay away from head-on collisions. Of course, you can’t control what other drivers on the road do. You must simply hope that those around you don’t engage in the behaviors we’ve mentioned.
Disclaimer:
CBD:
Qrius does not provide medical advice.
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) outlaws the recreational use of cannabis products in India. CBD oil, manufactured under a license issued by the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, can be legally used in India for medicinal purposes only with a prescription, subject to specific conditions. Kindly refer to the legalities here.
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Gambling:
As per the Public Gambling Act of 1867, all Indian states, except Goa, Daman, and Sikkim, prohibit gambling. Land-based casinos are legalized in Goa and Daman under the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act 1976. In Sikkim, land-based casinos, online gambling, and e-gaming (games of chance) are legalized under the Sikkim Online Gaming (Regulation) Rules 2009. Only some Indian states have legalized online/regular lotteries, subject to state laws. Refer to the legalities here. Horse racing and betting on horse racing, including online betting, is permitted only in licensed premises in select states. Refer to the 1996 Supreme Court judgment for more information.
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