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I've missed stop signs and been in ~~neat~~ near accidents because I was in a car full of loud people, the radio blaring and people trying to talk to me all at the same time.
That was years ago when I was younger. If we're on the freeway, I can talk and play some music .... but as soon as I'm navigating through a town or busy area ... radio and music goes off ... you can talk to me but I'm not really paying attention to you.
"Neat accidents"
They would not have been 'neat' if they had become an accident. The closest one I ever had that would have likely ended my life and the lives of the people I was with involved two transport trucks, a moose, rain, a rocky outcropping and beautiful northern lakes and wilderness. That would have been neat to see at the start but definitely would not have been 'neat' to see at the end.
I don't think that word means what you think it does...