By experience comes expectations
An experienced driver, like someone experienced in life, can often predict what to expect – or at least come close. Hence, cynicism in life, but avoiding collisions while driving. Experience is a great predictor of what might be around the corner. It can helps us prepare for the “unexpected” by bringing to memory what has already happened to us in similar situations. Our experience then serves as a kind of tour guide to what is likely to occur in a particular situation, be it a skid, hydroplaning or red tail lights. Nascent drivers are at one end of the Bell Curve for a reason – they don’t have the experience of what to expect.
