Wednesday, 26 March 2014

THE TRUTH ABOUT DRIVING DISTRACTIONS



Driving distractions is defined as: The voluntary or involuntary diversion of attention away from primary driving tasks.


ANATOMY OF DISTRACTIONS

VISUALLooking at something 
other than the road
AUDITORY
Hearing something not
 related to driving



PHYSICALManipulating other
 than the wheel
COGNITIVE
Thinking about something 
other than driving








SOURCES OF DISTRACTIONS



INTERNAL

TECH BASED
TECH BASED


NON-TECH BASED
NON-TECH BASED



EXTERNAL





10 MOST COMMON DISTRACTION


MANIPULATING VEHICLE CONTROL
MANIPULATING VEHICLE CONTROL

MANIPULATING MUSIC/AUDIO CONTROLS
MANIPULATING MUSIC/AUDIO CONTROLS


MOBILE PHONES
MOBILE PHONES


EXTERNAL DISTRACTIONS
EXTERNAL DISTRACTIONS
CONVERSING
CONVERSING






EATING,DRINKING ACCIDENTAL SPILLING
EATING,DRINKING ACCIDENTAL
 SPILLING
GROOMING
GROOMING




OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE CAR
OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE CAR



READING AND WRITING
READING AND WRITING
SMOKING
SMOKING









ONE THIRD of all distractions are estimated to be outside the vehicle distractions


15%-20% of all distractions involve driver interaction with technology.

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