Distracted Driving Skills
It was at the tender of age of 13 I first stepped behind a wheel for a very basic driving lesson with my father. Over 5 years, 4 driving teachers, and 100 hours in a car, I managed to pass my driver’s test. Sufficient to say, I am an awful driver. The sole reason behind my poor driving skills: distractions. Between hyper-focusing on the speedometer, becoming to engaged in a conversation, or paying too much attention to the song that was on the radio, my driving skills were slow to improve. My friends were also victim to the plague of distracted driving, by texting on their phone while speeding down the road and rarely paying attention to the drivers around them as they tried to follow Siri’s google maps directions. While my friends and I may
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It’s cited as the number one reason for motor vehicle accidents. While distracted driving is defined as “any activity that diverts attention from driving,” the rising cause of distracted driving related accidents has become using cellular devices while behind the wheel. 64% of all road accidents in the United States have been caused by cell phones. Like my friends, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones while driving daily. Yet despite these mass amount of crashes the occur every year, as of March 2016, on 14 US states and districts had banned handheld cell phone use while driving, while only four states have all-driver texting bans. While Americans are good at a lot of things, it seems that driving is not one of them. Distracted driving isn’t going to disappear anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean to throw in the towel yet.
First and foremost, be a good example to the other passengers in the car. Kids observe everything, so if they see their parent driving constantly distracted, the more likely when the time comes for them to learn to drive they will use the same habits. Same goes for teenagers, we all know that the one friend with a car and license will drive everyone else around, 6-month rule or not. So, keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the
It’s cited as the number one reason for motor vehicle accidents. While distracted driving is defined as “any activity that diverts attention from driving,” the rising cause of distracted driving related accidents has become using cellular devices while behind the wheel. 64% of all road accidents in the United States have been caused by cell phones. Like my friends, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones while driving daily. Yet despite these mass amount of crashes the occur every year, as of March 2016, on 14 US states and districts had banned handheld cell phone use while driving, while only four states have all-driver texting bans. While Americans are good at a lot of things, it seems that driving is not one of them. Distracted driving isn’t going to disappear anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean to throw in the towel yet.
First and foremost, be a good example to the other passengers in the car. Kids observe everything, so if they see their parent driving constantly distracted, the more likely when the time comes for them to learn to drive they will use the same habits. Same goes for teenagers, we all know that the one friend with a car and license will drive everyone else around, 6-month rule or not. So, keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the