Community weekly poll: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers?
- 10/17/06 11:34 AM
Children & Pets
by Professor Curt - 10/18/06 6:09 AM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Just ask any father of 5 - 12yr olds on a family vacation!
Children & pets
by Dennis SR. - 10/18/06 7:06 AM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
If people cant control their pets pets & children at home how do you expect them to control them in a car?
Other = ALL OF THE ABOVE
by btljooz - 10/18/06 8:37 AM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Car stereo
Children or pets
Conversations
Driver fatigue
Eating or drinking
Being emotionally upset
Personal grooming
Rubbernecking
Smoking
XXXXXXX_Other (what is it?)_XXXXXXXX!!!
A GOOD driver can still keep control of their vehicle if one or more of these things are occuring. A BAD driver cannot keep control of their vehicle no matter what!
Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers
by dennisfsdca - 10/18/06 9:47 AM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I think talking on a non-handsfree cell phone while driving should be banned. But, hands-free cell phone usage while driving should not be banned.
Stereo Distraction
by abhijit.p - 10/18/06 11:55 AM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Too many people do not know their car stereos well enough.While driving they are looking for different function buttons, and from experence, I know it's impossible to do this and drive properly. Please stop the car, or even wait for a red light.Most important, get to know your stereo, and/or, just leave the settings where they are!(until you have time to change them)
Fatigue/sleep deprivation #1 cause of Accidents in Europe
by JCFG89 - 10/18/06 3:05 PM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Listening to a radio program recently on CBC radio (Canadian Public Radio) they had a sleep specialist who said that sleep deprived people are the number one cause of accidents in Europe.
I was surprised to hear this and thought alcohol would have been number one.
The interviewer asked the same question and the researcher said he would rather be a passenger in the car of a drunk driver.
The interviewer asked why this was and he answered that a drunk person knows they are drunk and corrects his/her driving while a sleep deprived person has no idea they are sleep deprived and make all kinds of mistakes.
Cheers SJD
Smoking and driving
by abner - 10/18/06 5:26 PM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Smoking and driving and talking on the cell phone at the same time.
Arrogance
by jctl - 10/19/06 8:18 AM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Most bad driving is the result of arrogance ... people are distracted by the notion that they are more important than everyone else. They speed, run red lights, cut people off, etc because they think the rules only apply to other people who they think are just in their way. Adding cell phone use to that mix just makes things worse.
Arrogance-The American Way
by NYBRN - 10/19/06 9:16 AM In reply to: Arrogance by jctlWe live in a country that allows people who can't graduate from high school to drive a 7,000 lb. vehicle that can reach speeds of 160 MPH in areas where other higth school drop outs are also driving large vehicles. In many cases, they don't speak English, which might impact their ability to read road signs and even the speedomoter. As long as the oil companies and the car companies have the power to control our lives, we are faced with the arrogance you speak of. "Stupitity" might also be used to support your case as well. How about a national campaign once a year, where no cars are allowed to drive? "A Day Without Cars." What a peaceful day that would be!
They call that
by one_predator - 10/22/06 6:03 AM In reply to: Arrogance-The American Way by NYBRNNervana, and that would be the day every computer in the country would breakdown and no one to come and fix it. As for me, I suffer withdrawals if without mine for a day. Talk about no life!
being emotionally upset
by ukfemmeuk - 10/20/06 7:03 AM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I am going on personal experience myself. I am a very good driver, always have been, either fast or slow i know how to handle and check a car.
I have crashed, twice badly, and 2 other times nearly badly through being upset, usually angry and hurt from family rows or after being attacked.
I have driven in the past off my head, on drink or e's i know i know i never will again but i was in total control. Passengers have remarked on it.
I am just saying the truth. The times i crashed i had nothing in my system.
Not Enough Rest &/or Sleep... but...
by dreamsurfer63 - 10/20/06 5:25 PM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Anyone who hasn't had enough sleep or rest, including those under undue stress from a bad day at work, are more accident prone than drunk drivers even!!! (sad huh?)
So why the major ordeal over cell phones, kids, etc.?
These factors affect different people in different ways... IF these things bother you, or if you get into a hot or heated conversation, or even have the "have to" have some tunes on, you WILL be distracted and thus more prone to have an accident...
If you are focused on driving, then you'll be less prone to have an accident.
Of course driving experience also plays a factor in weather or not one will ever cause an accident...
I know people who talk on the phones (yes, more than one), do their nails and hair in traffic, eat on the fly and so on, and not ONE of them has ever caused an accident! The one who was in an accident was hit by a driver who admittedly hadn't had enough sleep the night before (& I think might have had a few drinks, although lack of sleep CAN mimic a drunk on the road!)
What I'd *really* like to know is who's asking this question and why!?! Are we looking for yet another scapegoat and more rules of what we can't do? OK, kids are board because they have had bicycling, skateboarding, horseback riding, and gosh, even going to the beach or parking in the mountains to enjoy a waterfall now even costs money... Wages are lower than ever - especially for the younger people out there...
LIGHTEN UP!!!!
AND we wonder why people have stress issues!?!?!?!
(And to think I could have gotten into an accident getting so wrapped up (and stressed & not watching to road)responding to this conversation!!! :::Sigh:::
Distractions while driving
by TexasRN - 10/21/06 9:27 PM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I think that most of the other reasons given for distractions while driving all boil down to your emotional state. Before I had a cell phone to use anywhere, much less in a car, when I would get in the car upset over something I was going through, I was much less likely to remember what I saw or encountered along the way while I was driving from point A to point B. I've very nearly had accidents while under emotional stress that had just happened to me, and can think of many times when I was so upset by circumstances I was enduring that my mind was extremely distracted from driving, and I could arrive at a destination without much recollection of how I'd gotten there. To be honest, now that I do have a cell phone from which I make a large number of calls in my car while driving, the same thing can happen if I have a conversation which distresses me. However, I'm smart enough to terminate such conversations as quickly as possible to have them later in person, because I recognize the high probability of such a conversation causing me to be extremely distracted. But let's put the burden of responsible behavior where it belongs: with each individual who owns one of those things. It is not the right of this country to take away our freedom of speach, no matter where we may be exercising that freedom. Get real folks!
Distracted While Driving
by avgagliano - 10/22/06 6:55 AM In reply to: Distractions while driving by TexasRNI agree with the premise that one's emotional state of mind is the source of all distractions. This applies whether you are driving, disciplining your children, or getting ready to kick a game-winning field goal. FOCUS seems to be the key-word for concentration on our ultimate goals. Multi-tasking seems to be the new horizon of the 21st century. We are being conditioned to take on too much, before completing a priority goal. When we drive, hopefully, we should be concentrating on the road conditions: heavy traffic, rain, darkness, strange roadways, etc. We need to be aware that other drivers are trusting our decisions. I just don't think one can divert attention away from the task-at-hand and idly chat on our cell phones. It has nothing to do with the ''government taking away our freedom of speech''. You still cannot scream ''fire'' in a crowded theater. We need to take responsibility for our personal behavior. Keep both hands on the wheel, stay under control, and you will arrive at your destination, safe and sound. ''Look before you leap''.
DISTRACTED DRIVERS
by YABBA DABBA DEAUX - 10/29/06 12:13 PM In reply to: Besides cell phone use, what do you think distracts drivers? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I've done a few police ridealongs. This was ten years ago.
Cops have their police radio, which has lots of chatter and it usually has a hand-held mike, which takes care of one hand--just like a cell phone. They usually have a cell phone, and most have computers now. Some have CB monitors for Channel 9 emergencies.
Street police officers are among the most distracted and multi-tasked of drivers. Wonder how many of their crashes are commo-gadget related?
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