Prevention of road accidents is a very important issue. It is estimated that approximately 1.3 million people are killed and 50 million people injured each year in road accidents around the world. These accidents cost the global economy an estimated $518 billion per year. Road safety is thus a major public health concern. In this post, let’s see some road accident quotes.
Road Accident Quotes
“Decisions can be like car accidents, sudden and full of consequences.” – Allison Glock
“Pain is strange. A cat killing a bird, a car accident, a fire…. Pain arrives, BANG, and there it is, it sits on you. It’s real. And to anybody watching, you look foolish. Like you’ve suddenly become an idiot. There’s no cure for it unless you know somebody who understands how you feel, and knows how to help.” – Charles Bukowski
“We take life for granted, sleepwalking until a shattering event knocks us awake. Zen says, don’t wait until the car accident, the cancer diagnosis, or the death of a loved one to get your priorities straight. Do it now.” – Philip Toshio Sudo
“Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don’t let yourself believe it will happen to you.” – Muhammad Ali
“Leave sooner, drive slower, live longer.” – Unknown
This is easier said than done, but it’s important to try to remain calm in order to think clearly and make good decisions.
“In survey after survey, people report that the greatest dangers they face are, in this order: terrorist attack, plane crashes and nuclear accidents. This despite the fact that these three combined have killed fewer people in the past half-century than car accidents do in any given year.” – Will Self
“The most important thing to do after an accident is to stay calm.”
“Accidents, and particularly street and highway accidents do not happen – they are caused.” – Ernest Greenwood
“Trees have been the nemesis of extreme driving – hit one at speed and you and your passengers will be lucky to escape the crash alive.” – Andrew Howard
“I don’t want to die in a car accident. When I die it’ll be a glorious day. It’ll probably be a waterfall.” – River Phoenix
“If your power level gets low enough, you will die. You will get in a car accident. You will pick up a disease. That is why it is very important to keep your power level high, just to be a happy human being.” – Frederick Lenz
“Decisions can be like car accidents, sudden and full of consequences.” – Allison Glock
“Unwanted honking not only irritates others, but may also end up causing accidents. Drivers lose cool and it may result in road rage.” – Rahul Dravid
“Accidents are built into the road.” – Marty Rubin
“I compare it to being in a car accident. There’s so much adrenaline rushing through you that you remember being in the accident but you don’t remember any of the details.” – Brooke Langton
“There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate.” – Napoleon
“Human beings are often at their best when responding to immediate crises – car accidents, house fires, hurricanes. We are less effective in the face of enormous but slow-moving crises such as the loss of biodiversity or climate change.” – David Suzuki
“If you think your ride is gonna flip and crash, you might as well do it with style.” – Don Ancheta
“The best thing you can do after an accident is to get medical help right away.”
“If we really feared the crash, most of us would be unable to look at a car, let lone drive one.” – JG Ballard
“You may avoid the risk of a car accident if you avoid driving, but you will lose the joy and freedom of driving.” – Deboshish Mridha
“I know I will die in a car crash.” – Katie Price
“It’s important to exchange insurance information with the other driver after an accident.”
“If you recognize that self-driving cars are going to prevent car accidents, AI will be responsible for reducing one of the leading causes of death in the world.” – Mark Zuckerberg
“My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by the motto, ‘Today is what I have.'” – Amber Heard
If you or someone else has been injured in the accident, it’s important to get medical help right away. Even if you don’t think you’re injured, it’s always best to get checked out by a medical professional.
“Every single day, we could be in a motorcar accident, so, we have to carry on with our lives, and not imagine terror around every corner.” – Jane Goodall
“The self-driving car is coming. And right now, our best supply of organs come from car accidents… Once we have self-driving cars, we can actually reduce the number of accidents, but the next problem then would be organ replacement.” – Bre Pettis
“It was the first car accident I had ever been in. It shakes you up a little bit.” – Matt Hasselbeck
“A couple of days back, I got into a car accident. Not my fault. Even if it’s not your fault, the other person gets out of their car and looks at you like it’s your fault: Why did you stop at a red light and let me hit you doing 80!” – Dane Cook
“If you’re involved in a car accident, the first thing you should do is call the police.”
“Honestly, I could get in a car accident today and never play tennis again, and then I wouldn’t have anything to fall back on. But fortunately enough, I do.” – Serena Williams
“When I was 19, I was in a horrific car accident, and it taught me that at the end of our life, we ask all these questions. And my questions, I discovered, were: Did I really live my life? Did I love? Did I matter? And I was unhappy with the answers.” – Brendon Burchard
“If a neighbor is killed in a car accident, do you sell your car and stop driving?” – Mario Andretti
“Every now and then, even the best driver around can still crash – granted, if the surrounding people are sound asleep at the dash.” – Criss Jami
“Some car accidents are caused by the ignorance or disbelief of the fact that a driver’s eyes and mind can be thousands of kilometres apart.” – Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“The mobile phone makes the automobile even more deadly.” – Mokokoma
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