As a child grows, we hear many "I can't wait until- statements. They cannot wait to go to school; then they cannot wait for summer. They cannot wait until Christmas or their next birthday. One of the most exciting moments is when a child reaches driving age. The ability to drive is one of the most anticipated moments in a person's life. That is until we get on the road and face the obstacles of getting to where we want to go. There are plenty of things to concentrate on while driving. Watching for changing lights and other cars changing lanes is tricky when you are first learning to drive. The problem occurs when we get too confident in our own ability to control our vehicles. We begin to get careless and are not as concerned with keeping our eyes on the road and both hands on the wheel. Many of today's drivers have dangerous habits, which include general carelessness, distractions with the radio, and cell phone use.
General carelessness is a huge cause of accidents in motor vehicles. People seem to think that they are driving rubber cars. They weave in and out of traffic, cutting in front of the other cars, only to arrive to work a few seconds earlier. If that were not bad enough, it seems as if people jump out of bed and in to their cars thinking it is all right to get ready for work while driving. Unbelievably, some commuters regularly read the newspaper, eat breakfast, shave, or apply make-up on their way to work. The fact that most of them are operating a motor vehicle at the same time does not seem to concern them. Have you ever spilled hot coffee on yourself or dropped something on the floor while driving? .
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According to a recent study done by the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS), these are two of the distractions drivers cited most frequently as reasons for their traffic accidents.
