Don't Drive Over the Speed Limit
You can't get a speeding ticket if you don't speed. It costs you nothing to slow down, and you might even save money on gas and brakes. Also, you set a good example for other motorists and for anyone who is in the car with you. The accident you prevent or the life you save just may be your own.
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Make the Pledge to Drive Cell Free
Cell free is the way for me while I’m on the road.
I understand the dangers I put myself and those
I share the road with when using a cell phone while driving.
I pledge not to drive while using a cell phone.
I understand the dangers I put myself and those
I share the road with when using a cell phone while driving.
I pledge not to drive while using a cell phone.
Why Cell-Free Driving
Why Cell-Free Driving
Distractions are the leading cause of motor vehicle crashes and the number one distraction is cell phones. The use of a cell phone while driving is a very high-risk behavior with a significant impact on society. This is due to the vast number of people engaging in the behavior and the cognitive distraction drivers experience when engaged in cell phone conversations. More than 50 peer-reviewed scientific studies have identified the risks associated with cell phone use while driving.
* CTIA – The Wireless Association reports there are more than 270 million cell phone subscribers, this is up dramatically from 100 million subscribers in 2000. An estimated 110 billion text messages were sent monthly in 2008.
* A Nationwide Insurance public opinion poll showed 81 percent of the public admitted to talking on a cell phone while driving. And NHTSA estimates that 11 percent of drivers at any point during the day are talking on cell phones while driving.
* Drivers who use cell phones are four times more likely to be involved in a crash. Two different studies found this same conclusion, a 1997 New England Journal of Medicine examination of hospital records and 2005 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study linking crashes to cell phone records.
* No difference exists in the cognitive distraction (the mental process of knowing, which includes awareness, judgment and perception) between handheld and hands-free devices, according to simulator studies conducted at the Univ. of Utah.
* One recent simulator study compared drivers using cell phones and drivers impaired by alcohol. Cell phone users had slower reaction times than drivers with .08 BAC and slower reaction to vehicles braking in front of them.
* Many businesses and organizations understand the risk and are already taking action. Among National Safety Council members who responded to a 2009 survey, 58 percent (1,163 out of 2,004 respondents) said their organization had a cell phone policy of some kind. Of those, 99 percent said the policy resulted in no decrease in productivity and 20 percent saw decreases in employee crash rates and property damage.
* A Carnegie Mellon study took pictures of the brain while drivers listened to sentences and drove on a simulator. The drivers listening to sentences had a 37 percent reduction in spatial awareness, which can directly contribute to cognitive distraction.
* For adults, talking to a passenger while driving is significantly safer than talking on a cell phone, a University of Utah study found. Passengers, unlike cell phone conversations, can make the driver aware of changing road conditions they might not see and can stop the conversation if traffic conditions warrant.
Source: http://www.focusdriven.org/why_cell_free.aspx
Distractions are the leading cause of motor vehicle crashes and the number one distraction is cell phones. The use of a cell phone while driving is a very high-risk behavior with a significant impact on society. This is due to the vast number of people engaging in the behavior and the cognitive distraction drivers experience when engaged in cell phone conversations. More than 50 peer-reviewed scientific studies have identified the risks associated with cell phone use while driving.
* CTIA – The Wireless Association reports there are more than 270 million cell phone subscribers, this is up dramatically from 100 million subscribers in 2000. An estimated 110 billion text messages were sent monthly in 2008.
* A Nationwide Insurance public opinion poll showed 81 percent of the public admitted to talking on a cell phone while driving. And NHTSA estimates that 11 percent of drivers at any point during the day are talking on cell phones while driving.
* Drivers who use cell phones are four times more likely to be involved in a crash. Two different studies found this same conclusion, a 1997 New England Journal of Medicine examination of hospital records and 2005 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study linking crashes to cell phone records.
* No difference exists in the cognitive distraction (the mental process of knowing, which includes awareness, judgment and perception) between handheld and hands-free devices, according to simulator studies conducted at the Univ. of Utah.
* One recent simulator study compared drivers using cell phones and drivers impaired by alcohol. Cell phone users had slower reaction times than drivers with .08 BAC and slower reaction to vehicles braking in front of them.
* Many businesses and organizations understand the risk and are already taking action. Among National Safety Council members who responded to a 2009 survey, 58 percent (1,163 out of 2,004 respondents) said their organization had a cell phone policy of some kind. Of those, 99 percent said the policy resulted in no decrease in productivity and 20 percent saw decreases in employee crash rates and property damage.
* A Carnegie Mellon study took pictures of the brain while drivers listened to sentences and drove on a simulator. The drivers listening to sentences had a 37 percent reduction in spatial awareness, which can directly contribute to cognitive distraction.
* For adults, talking to a passenger while driving is significantly safer than talking on a cell phone, a University of Utah study found. Passengers, unlike cell phone conversations, can make the driver aware of changing road conditions they might not see and can stop the conversation if traffic conditions warrant.
Source: http://www.focusdriven.org/why_cell_free.aspx
The Risks of Texting While Driving
Find out the risks of texting while driving as the research said about the human brain. You should know the facts for you to be aware of the risks of texting while driving. As it is said "Text at your Own Risk". Be informed. Save life.
Texting is the new way to communicate. Recent research from Nielsen indicates that people under age 45 now send and receive three times more text messages than calls on their cell phones. And thanks to hot toys like the iPhone, 75 billion tiny messages a month light up tiny screens across America. We're also texting multitaskers: A recent survey found that 77 percent of respondents said they've texted or sent mobile e-mail while driving; 41 percent while skiing, horseback riding, or biking; 11 percent during a romantic interlude; and 16 percent while at a funeral.Source:http://www.oprah.com/health/The-Risks-of-Texting-While-Driving-Multitaskers-Beware
"The human brain isn't equipped to concentrate on two things simultaneously," says neuroscientist Ren� Marois, PhD, associate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. In brain scan studies, Marois found that the prefrontal cortex lights up for a longer time in people performing two mental tasks at the same time. This illustrates how the brain slows down reaction time.
"Despite employing 100 billion neurons to process information at rates as high as 1,000 times a second," Marois says, "the human brain has a crippling inability to do two tasks at once." Small wonder that the American College of Emergency Physicians reports a rise in texting-related emergency room visits. A new British study has found that texting while driving slows reaction time more than being drunk or high. The results can be deadly, as with the California train wreck in September that involved a texting engineer.
Social experts also warn about an eerie disconnect when we're out with our BFFs while texting friends, family, and the office. "There is a certain degree of 'absent presence' associated with the use of mobile phones and other personal media in the presence of others," notes researcher Scott Campbell, PhD, assistant professor of communication studies at the University of Michigan. "People disengage, or pay more attention to the person on the phone than to the people who are physically present."
Don't Wear Wireless Headsets As If They Were Jewelry
-Mehmet Oz, MD.Earpieces don't emit as much radiation as a phone, but they release some—even after your call ends. Remove the device between conversations.
Don't Chat with a Poor Signal
-Mehmet Oz, MD.The harder your phone has to work to get reception, the more radiation it emits. This is the reason you should avoid using so-called radiation shields (the shiny stickers that claim to block radiation); they actually force the phone to transmit at a higher power.
Stop Talking While Driving
-Mehmet Oz, MD.In addition to creating a potentially deadly distraction, using your phone in the car forces your cell signal to jump between wireless towers. Since RF is highest when a connection with a tower is first established, talking while traveling can increase exposure.
