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Researchers who study texting while driving find that their participants “have observed others driving erratically while using a cell phone, but these participants rarely, if ever, thought that their own driving was impaired when they used the cell phone.”
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- Don’t text and drive. It’s that simple, according to the Post Institute. Don’t do it. Personal safety always comes first, and staying off your handheld while driving is paramount.
- Don’t put others in the situation of texting and driving. Messaging somebody who is driving is one of the things you should never do over text. If somebody replies “driving,” stop texting.
- Be brief. Although texting seems to be taking the place of some other forms of communication, it really can’t. Some messages are simply too long to convey via text.
- Be responsive. Speaking of responding, Fortune magazine points out that texting can be a source of “acute” anxiety. After hitting send, the sender experiences anxiety waiting for a response, and the recipient experiences pressure to respond within a set period of time or risk breaching texting etiquette (just ask a teenager).
Apr 4, 2012 · If you are texting or engaged in a cell phone conversation while driving, that leaves your brain with less cognitive load to focus on driving. Consequently, your driving is not as good as...
- You Can Be Charged With Murder For Texting And Driving. Imagine you’re driving along a rather uncontested roadway when you get a text message. You know you’re not supposed to look, but you do.
- Texting And Driving Is Higher For Solo Drivers. It seems for most drivers, having a passenger in the vehicle can act as a deterrent to texting and driving.
- 90% Of Teens Expect A Reply To Their Texts Within Five Minutes. Gone are the days of sending a letter to a friend and waiting a few weeks for a response.
- Men And Women Text At Approximately The Same Rate. Many studies show that women are more likely to text and drive than men, but there are also a large number of studies that show the opposite to be true.
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- What You Can Do to Help – as Noted by The Federal Communications Commission
Distracted driving has always been a concern. There are three forms of distractions that may occur while driving: visual, manual, and cognitive. Visual distractions occur when a driver averts his/her eyes from the road. Manual distractions are those that draw the driver to take his/her hands off of the wheel; and cognitive distractions tend to shif...
In this age of technology, mobile phones have become the major and most deadly distraction yet. Texting and driving encompasses all three forms of distractions, making it an especially dangerous and hazardous habit that plagues our country. Our generation can’t seem to keep their eyes off the screens. In fact, according to the United States Departm...
Texting and driving is a choice – a choice that puts all drivers in danger as soon as they get behind the wheel. So how do we stop this epidemic? What is being done to stop our community from distracted driving? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is dedicated to eliminating distracted driving throughout the country. The NHTS...
Give clear instructions– Give new drivers simple, clear instructions not to use their wireless devices while driving. Before new drivers get their licenses, discuss the fact that taking their eyes off the road – even for a few seconds – could result in an injury or even death. Lead by example–No one should text and drive. Be an example for others a...
Aug 25, 2013 · If you are texting while driving you are impaired. The attitude of some callers is downright scary. As far as penalties are concerned, treat those caught texting while driving the same as...
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Sep 9, 2013 · Is our society ready to accept the notion that, by sitting on a living room couch and sending a text message to a friend driving a car, the texter commits a serious crime if the driver is foolish enough to be distracted by reading the text and causes a fatal car crash?
