# Who has a perfect driving record (never fault on your part)? How easy do you think it was?

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**Created:** [September 18, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-perfect-driving-record-never-fault-on-your-part-how-easy-do-you-think-it-was/950862 "2021-09-18T08:50:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-perfect-driving-record-never-fault-on-your-part-how-easy-do-you-think-it-was/950862/21 "2021-09-20T13:59:09Z")

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Got my driver’s license in 1964. Never had an at-fault accident; only two other incidents.

My car got hit while parked on a residential street in 1985 (brand new Honda I had about two weeks). Found a note on my windshield “Sorry. I hit your car.” Note had a phone number and license plate number. His insurance covered all costs.

Got side-swiped last year when a guy came around a turn at an intersection too wide. I was approaching a stop sign, saw it coming, and managed to stop before he hit me. He drove on. A cop car was directly behind me; cop flipped on his lights and pulled a U-turn – caught the guy in the next parking lot. Owner’s (his) insurance covered all costs.

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-perfect-driving-record-never-fault-on-your-part-how-easy-do-you-think-it-was/950862/22 "2021-09-20T16:00:59Z")

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Driving since 1986 with about 600K miles on my vehicles. Been in exactly zero accidents while behind the wheel.  
I drive pretty defensively and have avoided a lot of accidents just by avoiding other driver’s poor decisions.

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