Category Archives: Driving Distractions
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You go outside to check your mail and you notice a letter from an Attorney. You open the letter and it informs you that you now have a warrant for your arrest because you did not complete your court ordered … Continue reading
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Your speeding down the back streets to make it to work on time. An officer gets in the middle of the road and tells you to pull over. The officer tells you that you were stopped because you were going 45 in a 20. … Continue reading
Posted in Driving Distractions |Limiting Distracted Driving?
This weekend I watched a “kid” casually swerving while driving down the road. At at traffic light, I noticed he was actively involved with his cell phone which was in his lap. I couldn’t help but think, he was more … Continue reading
Posted in Driving Distractions |Metro rethinks reprimands for reading while driving.
Our local Metro bus service is “rethinking” how it disciplines its drivers who are caught reading or texting while behind the wheel. Right now, the driver gets a written warning on the first violation. Now here’s the interesting part….they get up to … Continue reading
Posted in Driving Distractions |Reading while driving – Seriously?
Billboards & street signs are fine, but a reading a book or magazine while driving? Seriously!! I haven’t found anything in the “law” that prevents this, but does common sense just go out the window for some people? I don’t have … Continue reading
Posted in Driving Distractions |Were his last words so important?
This past Thanksgiving weekend, I saw a horrendous car crash. Two cars rolled over in a ditch along side a highway with debris scattered everywhere. We unfortunately got upon the scene when the paramedics were carrying a black bag on … Continue reading
Posted in Driving Distractions |“Texting bans have not reduced crashes at all”
I read an article today about the possibility that the multiple states ban on texting while driving is not working. The Highway Loss Data Institute has done some research that indicates that the bans might actually increase the risk for … Continue reading
Posted in Driving Distractions |Distracted Driving = One in Six Highway Deaths
So-called distracted driving crashes show over 5,400 lives lost and almost 500,000 injuries across the country in 2009. Overall, the number of traffic deaths was down in 2009, but it seems as though drivers are reaching for their cell phones … Continue reading
Posted in Driving Distractions |Careless Driving.
I recently read some statistics about the contributing causes of crashes in the State of Florida. It did not matter whether or not the crash caused a fatality, or injury or just vehicle damage, but the leading cause was careless driving. … Continue reading
Posted in Driving Distractions |Distracted Driving – Facts
Distracted driving: any activity that takes the drivers attention away from the task of driving. Collision risk – 23 time greater while texting than while not texting. Average time looking at device – 5 seconds. 5 seconds at 65 mph = … Continue reading
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