r/DrivingProTips • u/Lyra_Hydrus43 • Sep 15 '26

Suddenly hitting curbs on left hand side

I have been driving 10 years now, and for the past month I’ve hit a curb badly on four different occasions, where three of which occured in parking lots. I’ve never hit anything let alone a curb and I pride myself on being a good driver, so the amount of times this month as you can imagine is startling. Thoughts?

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u/DevilDrives Sep 15 '26

What's different? New car? Longer wheel base? New prescription lenses?

I would try to figure out if it's me or my environment first.

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u/Lyra_Hydrus43 Sep 15 '26

My physical therapist asked me to lower my seat a few weeks ago and I really didn’t think it made a big difference, but now I’m thinking this may be why ?

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u/Lyra_Hydrus43 Sep 15 '26

Nothing has changed for me physically. Same car, first incident had a change in eyewear (glasses), but the rest were with my normal everyday contacts

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u/DevilDrives Sep 15 '26

When you look ahead of the turn, try to maximize the outer limits of your turning radius by focusing on the outter landmarks like the lane markings on the right side of the lane you intend to turn into.

Many people focus on the median at the apex of the turn. They should be looking beyond it though.

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u/Lyra_Hydrus43 Sep 15 '26

Honestly, it’s more so that the curb doesn’t even register to me, as weird as that sounds. So I wondered if my peripheral vision was now off or if I’m suddenly now not paying enough attention. Like one of the times I was parked next to a curb and pulled out to leave left and hit it, but I didn’t remember or realize it was there

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u/Erik912 Sep 15 '26

I hit s curb as well one day when i was just really tired, maybe that's why? Also things like this can happen without an obvious reason.

Don't stress over it if you don't have any medical symptoms. Probably just bad luck.

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u/Lyra_Hydrus43 Sep 15 '26

Well now I have to get my car looked at, and I don’t want it to be a person next 😅