Distraction
A danger to drivers
Issue date: 4/7/08 Section: Opinion
In the morning we watch the traffic reports on local news stations to see how long it will take us to get to school or work. Sometimes it's a headache getting to work in the morning or back home in the afternoon due the motor vehicle accidents that clog our highways and neighborhood streets. Distracted drivers need to wake up and pay attention so our morning commutes are not such a headache.
We hear about these accidents in the news everyday and even more recently with the now critical but stable condition of a Tejano super star. No one knows for sure what actually happened in the early hours of that Sunday a few weeks ago in March. He might have been too tired to drive or daydreaming. Maybe he was trying to make a phone call to his children to tell them he loved them, but there is no evidence to prove what actually caused the accident.
The most dangerous distraction while driving is fatigue, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Drivers that feel fatigued due to being sleepy or drowsy because of medication should pull over. According to the DMV website, a driver experiencing fatigue should immediately get off the road and get another driver to take over. They suggest that the fatigued driver should park and get a full night's sleep, because fatigue will not go away until a driver is fully rested, even with the aid of energy drinks or over the counter caffeine pills.
According to Department of Motor Vehicles, 25 percent of motor vehicle accidents are caused by distracted drivers. We see them all the time; The man reading the morning paper and the woman holding the steering wheel with her knee while putting on make-up. What makes them think that they have the right to put the lives of others in danger because they can't wake up a few minutes earlier to read the paper or do their make-up?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Association website states that there are multiple types of distractions that can occur inside a driver's vehicle.
We hear about these accidents in the news everyday and even more recently with the now critical but stable condition of a Tejano super star. No one knows for sure what actually happened in the early hours of that Sunday a few weeks ago in March. He might have been too tired to drive or daydreaming. Maybe he was trying to make a phone call to his children to tell them he loved them, but there is no evidence to prove what actually caused the accident.
The most dangerous distraction while driving is fatigue, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Drivers that feel fatigued due to being sleepy or drowsy because of medication should pull over. According to the DMV website, a driver experiencing fatigue should immediately get off the road and get another driver to take over. They suggest that the fatigued driver should park and get a full night's sleep, because fatigue will not go away until a driver is fully rested, even with the aid of energy drinks or over the counter caffeine pills.
According to Department of Motor Vehicles, 25 percent of motor vehicle accidents are caused by distracted drivers. We see them all the time; The man reading the morning paper and the woman holding the steering wheel with her knee while putting on make-up. What makes them think that they have the right to put the lives of others in danger because they can't wake up a few minutes earlier to read the paper or do their make-up?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Association website states that there are multiple types of distractions that can occur inside a driver's vehicle.
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