A woman hit by a car while she was running through a traffic jammed intersection in Sriracha. She holding mobile phone on her ear. Most of the cars were slowing down at the intersection, except for the most right lane. A van was coming through and hit her very hard. She was thrown into the air and dropped on the hood of a car near by.
Only her know what was on her mind at the time before an accident. Most people have these following state of mind before they put themselves in a dangerous situation. For her, she was stepping in the line of fire.
- Being rushed- when in rush, we usually not check where we are going. When driving in rush, people do not look far, give signal, or observing. According to the interviewing of her husband, she was in rush to come back to school where she work. In the morning, her daughter had a tummy pain. She sent her daughter to see doctor in a hospital.
- Being frustrated, stressful, and angry- when we in that mood, our safety consciousness is low. It is a nature of reptilian brain. When someone on the road tail gating you so close, you feel angry and stressful. Sometimes you want to teach him a lesson that my car is powerful too. For her, she was in mood of being stressful.
- Being Fatigue- people fell asleep while driving because of lack of good quality rest. Microsleep is a number one cause of road accident in Thailand. Most transportation company pay more to the drivers when they can make more delivery, faster, etc. That is why drivers doze off behind the wheel. Fatigue can be either physical exhaustion, or mentally fatigued.
- Complacency- When people feel “it is okay!!.. I did it before!! or Just a second, it is safe to do… don’t worry. That is called complacency. Have you ever plug in a hair drier when you body and hands are still wet? Have you ever run the yellow light? There you go!.
The state of mind, is activate behavior such as forget to give signal, fail to stop and bump the car in the front, etc. Sometimes people just take a shortcut to get the things done. This one is called Violation. It is another form of human failure.
Read more detail about human failure click here.