Distractions While Driving - Texas Online Adult Drivers Education Video Lecture | Drivers Education of America: Overview - Personal Skills

distractions and action distractions in
action in our car we are finding all
kinds of ways to make driving more
difficult we are on board here with
Captain distraction and all of his
distractions the old-school distractions
include the loose pet putting on your
seatbelt the sound of the radio changing
the radios volume or station drinking or
eating in the car passengers combing
your hair putting on makeup which I
certainly don't do anymore but that's
another story and that is just inside
the car what about the new forms of
distractions that seem to be causing all
the hollering Allah Allah Allah this new
form is really your cell phone or PDAs
or as the lawyers call them personal
digital assistants that may have a GPS
on it or your emails or your texts not
only do drivers have to deal with
distractions inside the car what about
all of the distractions outside the car
these would include particularly
attractive pedestrians walking down the
street like these ladies easy Ron
Burgundy two billboards designed to
distract you to weather and other
vehicles all of these in some form or
fashion take your attention away from
the responsibility of driving personally
I think the passenger known as the
crying baby would be the biggest
distraction but that is not what we see
the commercials about or what other
drivers complain about the current
biggest problem here is the awful cell
phone and his friend the PDA here is the
key to this subject your age group loves
their cell phone and old people don't so
the main role of this course is to help
you survive and be a collision free
driver let's realize that to survive we
may need to compromise the old people
may not be so wrong here leave the cell
phone alone let's think about this for a
moment what text message or phone call
is going to happen that is going to make
you a better
driver easy it reads or sounds like this
look out for that tree but you can't
because you're reading or listening to
that phone and not driving there is no
text message or phone call that is going
to make you a better driver successful
driving is focusing on the art of
driving set the distractions aside think
of it like this when you're behind the
wheel this is your time do not let
anyone or anything interrupt your
driving controlling your impulses to
change the radio read a text or
billboard or reach for food is a great
way to develop maturity which leads to a
happier life and remember app your
people are more likely to make better
decisions now that we've identified many
of the distractions that drivers face
how do they affect this distractions
affect drivers one of three ways there
are manual distractions that take your
hand or hands off the wheel these would
be things like changing the radio
station or volume eating drinking or
brushing your hair glamour boy or
reaching for something that may have
fallen this type of distraction can be
minimized through good judgment uh what
good judgment comes from experience good
drivers have the discipline to either
pull over and stop or they wait until
they are at a stoplight or stop sign
where they will have a safe still moment
to look at exactly what they want to
grab or change and quickly take their
hands off the steering wheel to do it so
manual distractions affect our ability
to steer the car the second type of
distraction is the cognitive distraction
cognitive distractions lead us to simply
take our mind off of the job of driving
these distractions actually can be
endless it just depends on how focused a
person you are I cannot stress the
importance of staying focused while
driving drivers admitting they were
simply not paying attention is one of
the leading causes of all traffic
collisions remember how our emotions
play a role in our decision-making as
well
these memories tend to creep into your
mind while you're sitting at a red light
and boom you're not focused on driving
and I'm more likely to make a mistake
while driving driving must be
mistake-free finally there the visual
distractions which seemed to come from
everywhere I think the most significant
visual distraction to a driver these
days is the cell phone if you see it
light up from a text or call is so
tempting to answer now we have a manual
and visual distraction your focus on
your driving has been replaced with what
is going on with your cell phone an
excellent driver is made up of
coordination quickness patience and wait
here it comes great vision so when you
look at the phone you can't be doing as
good a job at driving as you put great
drivers have the discipline to stay
focused on driving and the wisdom to
know what is relevant in their visual
search pattern and what is just a
distraction if it is a distraction they
set it aside and stay focused on the
relevant clues to successful driving
like traffic signs and other cards
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