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.

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.