Yes.... that is how everyone should drive. Be aware of what's around you and drive according to the road conditions...
...I don't drive like that. I anticipate what's ahead of me and drive accordingly...
If there wasn't so many people jumping on the compensation bandwagon trying to get someone else to pay for their mistakes, there'd be more money available for road repairs maybe.
Road 'conditions' generally, yes, such as Ice, Snow, Rain, etc, but how the
hell can you do anything about that which you can't see, or not see until you're virtually on top of it?
And how the
hell do you anticipate what you haven't seen?
It's ridiculous to expect to have to drive like that, you'd never go above 20mph anywhere
just in case there was something coming up!
I
anticipate things like horses/cyclists/pedestrians etc round
every single bend on country roads, or
anywhere that I can't see is clear within my stopping distance, but to have to crawl along every clear, straight stretch of road is just nonsense, you'd never get anywhere.
As for
jumping on the compensation bandwagon 
I've made one claim in the 48 years I've been out of nappies, and that was when I got severe food poisoning eating food supplied by my Employer.
I got a paltry sum in compensation, which didn't really compensate for the initial 8-week period I was ill for, let alone all the grief it gave me for the next 10+ years
I didn't pursue compensation for the back injury I got at work in 2000 (and which still affects me now).
I'm against the 'compensation culture' as much as anyone, but when you're going to be several hundred pounds out-of-pocket because someone hasn't done their (very simple) job properly, or at all, then you can't just shrug your shoulders and accept it.
Let's imagine for a minute that I didn't do part of
my job to the best of my ability, or I was basically negligent in some way, or neglected to follow the correct procedures, whatever.
Then, the Aircraft you're sitting in, quite rightly expecting to be transported comfortably and safely to your destination, is delayed (or cancelled totally).
You're off-loaded and have to take different flight, at an extra cost of a couple of hundred pounds, would you just shrug it off?
Those passengers that were on the Italian Cruise Liner, who've been traumatised or injured, they should have
anticipated it surely?
After all, just like some roads have potholes, we all know that some Ships/Boats tip over or sink don't we?
It's exactly the same principle as I see it.
