Practicing Safe Driving:
How to Prevent Accidents on America's Roads
In 2006 alone, the total number of automobiles registered with the U.S. Bureau of Transit topped 135.3 million (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). With the amount drivers on the road, one must question the protection a driver gives and receives while driving. Advancements in technology and increasing time constraints are grounds for the escalating concern of distractions. These same time constraints are having commuters get a lesser amount of sleep before driving, risking driver fatigue. Finally, a quantity of people are not looking at certain areas of the road or in their mirrors. It appears that the least essential worry drivers consider during their commute is driving. When on the road, drivers must ignore outside factors and make more alert driving their only priority in order to not only protect their well-being, but other drivers' and passengers' also.
Using cell phones, media players, and doing other non-driving related tasks are among top distractions one commits while operating a vehicle. Mark Edwards states that distractions are the...
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