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2Drivers are people and people make mistakesThe truth is that all drivers make mistakes – fortunately, not all at the same time.It is a part of being human. No one can do anything perfectly all the time. Evenchampion basketball players don’t score goals all the time and professional golferssometimes miss an easy putt.Most crashes are due to human error. People make mistakes when they drive.Mistakes like failing to see another car at an intersection or changing lanes withoutlooking. You could probably make a long list of errors that other drivers make. Mostof the time your vehicle doesn’t develop a fault and crash by itself. When all thecauses of road crashes are considered, you get a pie chart like the one shown. Thebiggest chunk relates to human error on its own and if you add all the sections withhuman involvement together, you get to more than 90 per cent.Source (7)57%27%6%3%3%2%1%Human factors aloneHuman andenvironmental factorsVehicle andhuman factorsAll three factorsEnvironmentalfactors aloneVehicle factors aloneVehicle andenvironmental factorsNote: These percentages do not add to 100 per cent due to rounding.36Driver qualification handbook