Focus While Driving
Staying focused while driving has become increasingly difficult. With new technologies coming out constantly there are more things that can distract people. Cellphones are an obvious distraction while driving. However people are trying to remedy the situation. "California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Washington and the District of Columbia prohibit hand-held cellphone use"(2). People are trying to enforce the laws that make driving safer for everyone. Accidents can be prevented if people pay attention. "Studies show that as many as four of every five crashes are caused by at least one driver being distracted"(1). If one person stops talking on their phone while driving four crashes can be prevented. "90 percent of crashes might be prevented if drivers had one extra second to react(3). One second makes all the difference. If people pay attention then a lot of crashes don't happen. A DVD player can also help. if kids in the back are watching a cartoon they are less likely to do things that would distract the driver. The most important thing for drivers these days is to pay attention to the road and don't do anything that would divert your attention away from it. This article had some very interesting facts i did not know before. This article is great and should be read by anyone interested in the subject.
Bunkley,Nick. "Oct. 30, 2008: Keeping Your Eyes On The Road."
New York Times. 30 Oct. 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/automobiles/autospecial2/30distract.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin
posted by abc @ 2:19 PM
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2 Comments:
I'm not at all surprised that distractions while driving have only increased and become a big problem on the road. I'm sure that people driving might get bored, especially if they're alone, and in this era, one can find many things to do technologically. I would find it hard to believe if an accident is caused by the driver looking at something else, like a TV screen; that's just plain stupid. I don't even think that cars need special video screens or any of that; it's just unnecessary for a simple car ride. Hopefully this problem will not exist in the future.
I cant remember where i saw this, but I remember reading that driving while talking on your cell phone lowers your reaction time almost to the level of a drunk driver. Distractions like those are extremely dangerous to use while driving and I think its good that some laws have been put in place which prevent driving with a cell phone.
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