Distracted Driving
Keeping your eye on the road to prevent distractions
Answering an urgent and mostly a not so urgent phone call, responding to a text, finding something in the dash board, looking back to talk to your fussy kid or to a friend are all examples of distracted driving – any instance where your 100% attention was not on the road or your car! Distractions can be:
Ocular
- Anything that takes your eyes off the road
- Mobile phones
- Looking at someone or something outside the car
- Looking inside the dash boards
Hands-off
- Anything that causes you to take one or both hands off the steering wheel
- Messaging
- Looking through your handbag
- Grabbing something from the back seat
- Eating or drinking
Cognitive
- Anything that takes your attention away from driving
- Day dreaming
- Lack of sleep
- Stress
- Loud music
Can you guess the top 5 distractors while driving?
- Talking to fellow passengers
- Daydreaming
- Using a cell phone
- Looking for something inside the car
- Looking at something or someone outside the car.
- Eating
- Listening to music
- Adjusting side mirrors
- Singing