The Effects on Distracted Driving

Many years back when the practice of the traditional mailings is our means of communicating to our love ones and yet we sacrificed the time delay of our message to be read.  But now even an hour or a minute we can’t sacrifice or postpone our use of this wireless phones while driving.  The message you can't wait to send could kill.  It is so embarrassing that the people of this time are now going faster and faster, chasing the time. 
I just remembered a quote from Gandhi that says,

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” 

This is a very timely statement that the people of this time now are preoccupied of many things that we miss those important ones.  Take time to relax, pray and be refreshed from this chaotic world.  In this way we can have focus and reach our goal without harming those people around us.  Make your Pledge. Make your car a no phone zone.  Be focused, do not text and drive.  Put down your version cell phones and drive.

In September 2008, a Los Angeles commuter train conductor missed a red light while sending and receiving more than 40 text messages. His packed train collided head-on with a freight train, injuring 135 people. The conductor and 24 others were killed, making it the second worst commuter train crash in U.S. history.
Weeks later, a school bus carrying 21 students was rear-ended by an 18-wheel semitruck. The bus was pushed more than 200 feet before bursting into flames. Twenty students escaped, but 13-year-old Margay Schee was killed. The truck driver admitted he had been texting and hadn't seen that the bus was stopped.

Oprah's Message About Distracted Driving

Watch Oprah's message about Distracted Driving.

If you are as outraged about distracted drivers as Oprah is, take a look at this video, then pass it on. Get the message out about a No Phone Zone!

 Always remember the innocent lives that could be lost when texting while driving.  Using your wireless phones while driving is highly risky and life-threatening habit. Always remember the saying "I Love You Daddy, Please Drive Carefully."

The Cause of Motor Vehicle Accidents

The Cause of Motor Vehicle Accidents

What do you think are the cause of motor vehicle accidents?

Distractions are the cause of motor vehicle accidents and one distraction is wireless phones. Even if you’re just walking around and having some conversation on your version cell phones, you’re distracted on your way.  You can’t concentrate and sometimes you just have to stop walking to have focus on what you are doing. The use of a cell phone while driving is a high-risk habit on the community.  It is a serious life-threatening action and this is due to people engaging in this habitual and the mind distraction drivers experience when using their wireless phone for conversations.

A public opinion poll showed 81 percent of the public admitted to talking on a wireless phone while driving.
And because of this awareness campaign many businesses and organizations understand the risk and are already taking action to manage their phone plans and phone systems.

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.  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.

Distracted Driving: What You Don't See

Distracted Driving: What You Don't See

Science shows your brain just can't keep up. University of Utah researcher David Strayer has been studying distracted drivers for 10 years. "The brain just doesn't work the way we'd like it to work," he says. "We can't multitask the way that a lot of people think they can."
David's research found that talking on a cell phone quadruples your risk of an accident. "For comparison purposes, someone who's drunk at a 0.08 blood alcohol level has a four-time crash increase. So talking on a cell phone is about the same as driving drunk," he says. "When you're text messaging, the crash risk goes up to eight times."

This statement just shows that multi-tasking is not a good practice while driving.  It is very risky as driving while drunk.  You could save a life, even yours.  How can we control this distracted driving?  It’s up for to decide to make your car a no phone zone.  Be responsible.  Stop the blame, decide for yourself.  Manage your phone system.  This is just so simple, put your phone down while driving.  Distracted driving is a life-threatening  habit.  Take action manage your phone system and put down your cell phones while driving.

New Deadly Obsession

New Deadly Obsession
When you get some drink, would you drive?  Do you know that it is as dangerous as driving while drunk  when you take calls or texting while driving?

Watch this partial video clip at The Oprah Winfrey Show and decide for yourself.

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Americas-New-Deadly-Obsession-Partial-Episode-Video 

It's not yet late to make a difference.  It's just about responsible driving. Do it now make a pledge.

No Phone Zone Pledge

No Phone Zone Pledge

I pledge to make my car a No Phone Zone. Beginning right now,  I will do my part to help put an end to distracted driving by not texting or using my phone while I am driving.  I will ask other drivers I know to do the same.  I pledge to make a difference.

Many have pledged.  How about you? Do you care to do your part? Save life, make a pledge do it now.
Make your pledge: Click here