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Deadly driving mistakes women make: you know it's idiotic to drink and drive ... but that's only one hazard you can encounter behind the wheel. Many accidents are caused by other things you probably do every day. Here's how to cut your risks and stay safe.(REAL-LIFE READS)
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Cosmopolitan
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December 1, 2007
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* Seventeen-year-old Bailey Goodman and her friends had a lot to be happy about this past June, when they piled into two cars for a trip to Bailey's parents' vacation house, 50 miles from their hometown of Fairport in upstate New York. Among the things they were celebrating: high school graduation, a cheerleading championship, college acceptances ... and summer vacation.
Bailey was at the wheel of her folks' Chevy TrailBlazer, leading the way. But half an hour into the drive, something went terribly wrong. Bailey passed a van on a two-lane road, then inexplicably veered back across the yellow line and into the path of an oncoming tractor ...
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