Is there a possibility that you could cause an accident while driving and not realize it?

Vince M

It happens all the time. In fact, drivers "not realizing" it may be the biggest cause of traffic collisions and near misses.

Have you EVER heard the excuse, "He came out of NOWHERE?"

NOTHING ever comes "out of nowhere." The person who says this simply did not look carefully enough, if he looked at all.

fire4511

If you do not physically collide with anyone, it is possible that you would not notice something that happens behind or beside you.I have seen cases where this has happened.

kenbgray

I had an accident happen to me and the guy who caused it to this day never knew it. It was at night and it was raining. I was in the travel lane going with the flow of traffic. A flat bed truck passed me on the left which is legal. Something fell off of his truck and bounced on the hi-way and landed on my hood and then came right through my windshield and landed in the back seat of my truck.. I turned to the left and hit a concrete wall and then rolled over and then went end over end and stopped upside down. I slid for almost 50 yards and never hit another thing. There was a state trooper behind me and saw the whole thing. He came up to my truck expecting to find me dead. I was hanging upside down with the seat belt holding me in the truck. Never had a scratch, but it scared the you know what out of me. The flat bed truck never stopped because I don't think he ever knew what happened, so things like that do happen.

Razr89a

Well there is always a chance of that happening! I would imagine if you hit a pedestrian you would hear it unless you have the radio up too loud and you're not paying attention at all. If you were driving too close to the divider and that caused the other car to react then they were too close as well, which you would most likely see, unless you were: fiddling with the radio, adjusting your shoes, or your eyes were just not on the road.
About the whole cutting someone off, my old boss had an elderly lady who would pull out in front of her every day to work, most likely it wasn't intentional and the old lady never looked before she pulled out in front of my boss.

Bella Luna â™¥

I'm sure it's possible, but I think you'd at least be able to see/hear some type of commotion after the fact. By see, I mean in your rear view mirror.

eric

Yes, it's possible if you're not paying attention. That would look like someone who is clueless to their driving. Which most people who cut off over drivers don't do it intentionally and never look in their mirror after they do it. I've had some close calls with cars and a motorcycle once and they never noticed.

m0rdecai

I too have wondered this for many years and it does seem it is possible but unlikely.

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