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April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. This week the Crawford County Sheriff's Office and other agencies are stepping up enforcement.
Before you start up your car, it’s important to take a moment to put away your phone and center yourself. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than 3,000 people ...
Support for National Teen Driver Safety Week has grown, and the media coverage for this initiative has been overwhelming. Celebrities, including singer/songwriter Jesse McCartney, racecar driver Zach Veach and television personality Oprah Winfrey, [7] have formally endorsed the week, and U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood [8] acknowledged distracted driving as an epidemic, calling for ...
Distracted driving is the act of driving while engaging in other activities which distract the driver's attention away from the road. Distractions are shown to compromise the safety of the driver, passengers, pedestrians, and people in other vehicles. Cellular device use while behind the wheel is one of the most common forms of distracted driving.
The NHTSA considers distracted driving to include some of the following as distractions: other occupants in the car, eating, drinking, smoking, adjusting radio, adjusting environmental control, reaching for object in car, and cell phone use. In 2009 in the US, there was a reported 5,474 people killed by distracted drivers.
The campaign will stop from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Texas A&M University-Kingsville's Memorial Student Union Building-Pavilion Wednesday, April 10.
Texting and Driving Simulator As we all know, texting and driving is extremely dangerous, as is shown in the video above. However, this notion does not necessarily stop people from distracted driving.
With drunk driving, drivers often experience the "looking but not seeing" phenomena. While their eyes do indeed view objects on the road, their brains do not comprehend the meaning behind the image. All levels of distraction while driving are dangerous, and potential drivers are cautioned to keep awareness of their surroundings. [2]