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Distracted Driving. Session 3. What is Distracted driving?. any activity that could divert your attention away from the primary task of driving…. Types of distractions. Visual Manual Cognitive . What are you Looking at?. Visual Distractions Diverting your eyes from driving.
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Distracted Driving Session 3
What is Distracted driving? any activity that could divert your attention away from the primary task of driving…
Types of distractions • Visual • Manual • Cognitive
What are you Looking at?... Visual Distractions Diverting your eyes from driving
10 and 2… Manual • taking your hands off the steering wheel
What did you say ?.... Cognitive • Taking your mind from your primary task of driving
Common Distractions • Texting… Cell / mobile device usage • Adjusting a radio, CD player, or MP3 player • Using a navigation system • Talking to passengers • Eating and drinking • Reaching or Searching for Something • Grooming • Reading
Which is more dangerous Those distractions that involve multiple types of distractions simultaneously
Certainties • affect driving performance. • Drivers distracted as much as half the time. • associated with 15 to 25 percent of crashes • Cell phone use increases crash risk. • Texting increases crash risk more than cell phone use.
ACCORDING TO NHSTA Talking On Cell Phone • reduces the amount of brain activity devoted to driving by 37%. Texting • takes your eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds • 20 times more likely to be involved in a crash
National Statistics • In 2010 motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver. • 3,092 killed • 416,000 injured • 11% under the age of 20 involved in fatal crashes were distracted • Young people (Under 24) have the largest proportion of distracted drivers
Distracted Driving in Georgia under age 18 prohibited from using any wireless device while driving • No cell • No texting 18 or over • No reading, no writing, no texting
What can I do? • Make a pledge to never text or talk on the phone while driving. • speak up if the driver in your car is distracted. • Assign a designated texter. • Never look up numbers while driving.
Practical Tips • Put your phone out of reach • Turn off notifications while driving • Specific ring-tones for important people • Avoid eating and drinking while driving. • apps/ services that can disable features while in motion.
Recourses • www.distraction.gov/ • www.gahighwaysafety.org/ • www.osha.gov/distracted-driving/index.html