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Intersection accidents make up 42.6% of all motor vehicle fatalities. Although who wants to hear about driving, everyone knows the rules. It’s just those “idiot drivers.” Well those idiot drivers are people just like you who made a mistake. What you need to know is how to avoid this growing problem. What do most drivers see an intersection as? Most drivers see an intersection as two roads where a traffic light controls each road or two roads where a stop sign controls both roads. A more useful definition of an intersection is an area where two vehicles can possibly cross. This means in and out of parking lots, inside parking lots, in and out of driveways, and in residential areas without any control devices. A good example is the stop sign in your neighborhood that you blew this morning to make it through the intersection quicker. It takes a minimum of two vehicles to have an intersection accident. Let's look at the causes to these intersection accidents. One type of intersection accident occurs with a traffic light. For example consider you are the driver with the green