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I I M M C C O O M M S S a a f f e e t t y y G G r r a a m m A A r r m m y y S S a a f f e e i i s s A A r r m m y y S S t t r r o o n n g g 14-12 5 AUG 14 Driven To Distraction When you drive a motor vehicle, you should give this task 100 percent of your attention. It is amazing how many drivers don't. They find other activities to keep them entertained and challenged as they try to pilot a ton of steel down a busy highway. Sometimes the result is tragic. Serious traffic accidents have occurred because the drivers were momentarily distracted and took their attention off their driving. Here are some typical distractions behind the wheel. Do any of them sound familiar? Cell phone use Reading or sending text messages Trying to find a radio station or selecting music on your smart phone. Fishing around in the glove compartment for something. Combing your hair, checking makeup in a mirror or even shaving. Drinking coffee, trying not to spill coffee, cleaning up spilled coffee. Trying to hold a hamburger together while you eat it and keep the ketchup off your shirt. Focusing on the GPS instead of the road Looking for an address. Disciplining restless children in the car, or feeding them snacks. Dodging a bee in the vehicle. Staring in amazement at other drivers doing these things. Here are some reminders for driving safely without distractions: Certainly people today are rushed, and many have become accomplished at doing other things while driving. However, driving and trying to do other tasks decreases the safety of the driver and passengers, because you do not have as much control of the vehicle and you cannot drive defensively anticipating other drivers' actions. Use cell phones safely. The safest thing is to make your calls before you set out. If you receive a cell phone call while you are driving, let the caller leave a message, pull over, and call that person back Consider how your children might be observing your unsafe habits and thinking of them as something normal that everyone does. If you don't want your children jabbering away on cell phones while they are driving, don't let them see you doing it, ever. Be aware that using a hands-free, voice-activated cell phone can still distract you. A safe driver also stops before checking maps and addresses, looking at paperwork, and dealing with similar distractions. Program your GPS and familiarize yourself with the route before you start driving Even eating, drinking, fiddling with the radio or vehicle sound system, adjusting heaters and digging items out of the glove box while driving have caused vehicle crashes. Arguments or stressful conversations with passengers can also divert the driver's attention from the road. Fatigue, stress and strong emotions such as anger can also impair the ability to drive safely. So, think twice about driver distractions. If you have to do something that requires your attention, then pull over. Safe driving takes all of your concentration!

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Driven To Distraction When you drive a motor vehicle, you should give this task 100 percent of your attention. It is amazing how many drivers don't. They find other activities to keep them entertained and challenged as they try to pilot a ton of steel down a busy highway. Sometimes the result is tragic. Serious traffic accidents have occurred because the drivers were momentarily distracted and took their attention off their driving. Here are some typical distractions behind the wheel. Do any of them sound familiar?

Cell phone use

Reading or sending text messages

Trying to find a radio station or selecting music on your smart phone.

Fishing around in the glove compartment for something.

Combing your hair, checking makeup in a mirror or even shaving.

Drinking coffee, trying not to spill coffee, cleaning up spilled coffee.

Trying to hold a hamburger together while you eat it and keep the ketchup off your shirt.

Focusing on the GPS instead of the road

Looking for an address.

Disciplining restless children in the car, or feeding them snacks.

Dodging a bee in the vehicle.

Staring in amazement at other drivers doing these things.

Here are some reminders for driving safely without distractions: Certainly people today are rushed, and many have become accomplished at doing other things while driving. However, driving and trying to do other tasks decreases the safety of the driver and passengers, because you do not have as much control of the vehicle and you cannot drive defensively – anticipating other drivers' actions. Use cell phones safely. The safest thing is to make your calls before you set out. If you receive a cell phone call while you

are driving, let the caller leave a message, pull over, and call that person back

Consider how your children might be observing your unsafe habits and thinking of them as something normal that everyone does. If you don't want your children jabbering away on cell phones while they are driving, don't let them see you doing it, ever.

Be aware that using a hands-free, voice-activated cell phone can still distract you.

A safe driver also stops before checking maps and addresses, looking at paperwork, and dealing with similar distractions.

Program your GPS and familiarize yourself with the route before you start driving

Even eating, drinking, fiddling with the radio or vehicle sound system, adjusting heaters and digging items out of the

glove box while driving have caused vehicle crashes.

Arguments or stressful conversations with passengers can also divert

the driver's attention from the road. Fatigue, stress and strong emotions

such as anger can also impair the ability to drive safely.

So, think twice about driver distractions. If you have to do something that requires your attention, then pull over. Safe driving takes all of your concentration!

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운전할 때 집중하지 않는 것

당신이 자동차를 운전할때, 당신은 그 일에 100퍼센트 집중을 기울어야 한다. 얼마나 많은 사람들이 그렇지 않다는 것을 알면 놀랄 것이다.

그들은 그들을 즐겁게 하는 다른 것들을 찾고 마치 복잡한 고속도로에서 일 톤 짜리 철을 조종하는 것을 도전하는 것 처럼 보인다. 때때로 그

결과는 비극적이다. 심각한 교통사고는 운전자가 다른 것에 신경을 쓰거나 운전할 때 집중을 하지 않을 때 발생한다.

이것은 차를 운전할때 집중을 방해하는 전형적인 것들이다. 익숙한 것들이 있는가?

핸드폰 사용

문자 메세지를 읽거나 보내는 것

라디오 주파수를 찾거나 당신의 스마트 폰으로 음악을 고르는 것

서랍에서 무언가를 찾으려고 뒤적 거리는 행위

머리를 묶거나 거울로 화장을 확인하거나 면도를 하는 것

커피를 마시거나, 커피를 쏟지 않으려고 하는것, 흘린 커피를 닦는 것

햄버거를 먹는 동안 햄버거를 들고 있고 케첩을 셔츠에 묻히지 않으려고 하는 것.

도로 대신 GPS에 집중하는 것

주소를 찾으려고 하는것

차에서 가만히 있지 않는 아이들을 혼내거나 그들에게 과자를 주는 것

차에 들어온 벌을 피하는 것

다른 운전자들이 이러한 행위들 하는 것에 대해 재미있게 보고 있는것

집중을 방해 하지 않고 안전하게 운전하기 위한 주의 사항:

오늘날 사람들은 바빠서 많은 사람들은 운전하는 동안 다른 것들을 하려고 한다. 하지만 운전과 다른 일들을 같이 하는 것은 운전자와

탑승자의 안전을 위협하는 것이다. 왜냐하면 자동차의 많은 제어장치를 완벽하게 조종할 수 없고 다른 운전자의 행동을 예측해서 안전하게

운전 할 수 없기 때문이다.

핸드폰은 안전하게 써라. 가장 안전한 것은 출발하기 전에 전화를 하는 것이다. 만약 당신이 운전하는 동안 전화를 받으면 전화를 건

사람에게 메세지를 남기고 차를 길 한 쪽에 세운 다음 다음 그 사람에게 전화를 걸어라.

당신의 아이들이 당신의 안전하지 않은 습관을 관찰하고 그것을 모두가 하는 정상적인 행동이라고 생각할 수 있다는 것을 고려해라. 만약

당신이 당신의 아이들이 운전하는 동안 핸드폰으로 수다를 떨고 있는 것을 원하지 않는다면 그들에게 당신이 하고 있는 것을 보여주지 말아라.

핸즈프리를 사용할때 조심해라. 음성기동의 핸드폰도 여전히 당신의 집중을 방해할 수 있다.

안전한 운전자는 지도와 주소를 체크하거나 서류를 보거나 그리고 다른 비슷한 집중을 방해하는 것들을 하기 전에 차를 멈춘다.

운전하기 전에 GPS를 켜고 가려고 하는 길을 숙지해두어라.

운전하는 동안 먹고 마시고 라디오나 차량 오디오를 조작하거나, 히터를 조정하고 서랍에서 물건을 꺼내는 것들은 사고의 원인이 된다.

탑승한 사람과의 논쟁이나 스트레스를 받는 대화도 또한 도로에서

운전자의 주의를 방해 할 수 있다. 피로, 스트레스, 화 같은 감정들은

운전을 안전하게 하는데 방해 할 수 있다.

운전자의 주의를 산만하게 하는 것들에 대해 다시 한번

생각해라. 만약 당신이 집중이 필요하더고 생각되면 차를 한

쪽에 세워라. 안전한 운전은 당신의 완벽한 집중을 필요로 한다.