Anticipation, Prediction & Assumption

The aforementioned terms are different but co-related and may result in adverse meanings in real-driving situations. Anticipation is all about analyzing the situation at first sight and then doing guess what is going to happen next, In case, If you have wrongly analyzed the situation then it is considered your assumption. An assumption does not only confuse driver who is assuming but also the other drivers on road.

Well-Driving is an art and it requires every inch of driver’s concentration while having been behind the wheels, because, otherwise it could put your and as well as other lives at stake and could cause some severe damage to government property and humanity. A driver acts like a CPU while driving a car; doing scan of all the things around or nearby him which incorporate Side Streets, Pedestrian Movements, Road Turns and most importantly sharp turns of bikes and cars behind the car and making decisions, afterwards, to do and what not to do by analyzing and examining the situations.

"Anticipation is very important as without it you are never going to make it to your destination."

Learning how to drive a car on a traffic less road is one and easy thing, but, In order to become a professional driver and to possess ability to drive a car in a traffic without being hesitated and confused, a driver will need to learn anticipation while driving and he will need to be careful in doing anticipation because if his prediction goes false; HE CAN BE IN DANGER THEN!

For example you are driving on road and the car ahead of you changes its speed again and again and leans towards right. You may anticipate that it is going to turn right to stop on any shop and you may slow down your speed so that he can easily make that turn . But that person is not turning right but instead keeps changing its speed . After minute or so to get rid of this situation you make overtake it from the left but as you approach towards it. It makes an abrupt left turn to the side street and you may slam your brakes to avoid collision.

You scream, "What a moron!" (or something worse). You wonder where this guy learned how to drive. Why would someone suddenly move into the left lane when it was so obvious they were looking for the entrance to a shop.