Thursday 24 March 2011

How A Car Accident Can Affect A Person

By Laura Stone


People wonder as to who is more likely to develop driving-phobia. This question can not be easily answered as there is no exact description. Any person can face this problem. It all falls down to their experiences as drivers.

This phobia sees no religion, age, race or gender. Most of the people, who develop this kind of fear, are ones who have some experience behind the wheels. However, surprising as it might sound there are people who suffer from this condition who have never even tried their hands at driving.

Usually, the affected are people who have some experience of being behind the steering wheel. However, there are people, who have developed fear of driving without even having an exposure to driving themselves. These are usually passengers of the cars that suffered through a traumatic accident. They might be so scared that they might decide never to attempt driving.

Such experiences are usually the cause of the problem. These accidents can really leave a mark on the people who were involved.

In a head-on collision with another car, the person involved may experience the replay of that event. This might be the case even a long time after the incident. Those memories can still haunt the person.

Some of the affected drivers go through severe panic and anxiety while driving. This is more likely to happen in the areas where the accidents occurred. This anxiety and fear can be so crippling that it leads to people quitting driving totally.

Pedestrians, who happen to be the victims of car accidents, also suffer from this phobia. They might avoid driving.

They are scared of the fact they might cause someone the same problems that they once underwent. This fear alone is enough to keep them away from the steering wheel. They do not want to the cause of someone's suffering. This turns into exaggerated experience of anxiety while driving, which eventually leads to them quitting the idea of being behind the wheels completely.




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