Dangerous Driving Habits

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Dangerous Driving Habits The majority of traffic accidents are caused by dangerous driving habits aquired and practiced by drivers. A recently new dangerous habit is the use of a cell phone while driving, but the most dangerous driving habit is driving after consuming alcohol. Another habit that many people tend to have but don’t view as dangerous is listening to music while driving. It’s imperative that drivers understand these issues need to be taken seriously. The statistics continue to rise, but if we would take time to think about the lives being put in danger, perhaps we wouldn’t allow ourselves to be so heavily distracted. It only takes seconds for something terrible to happen, and every day I discover how dangerous drivers’ habits are-problems we see that exist every day. A dangerous driving habit that has recently increased is the use of cell phones while driving. Imagine a person using a cell phone while driving (one hand on the steering wheel and the other grabbing the phone near his ear), talking about last night’s party or about the baseball season that has just started. During this period of time, the driver’s attention is focused in the conversation. Because this decreases the driver’s skills to react in time to possible dangers on the road, a person using his cell phone and driving at the same time might not be able to avoid colliding with the car in front that used their brakes to avoid a pot-hole or an animal crossing the road. One possible solution to this dilemma is a newly formed law forbidding the use of cell phones while driving. The best way to educate drivers on the severity of this issue is to raise awareness on the danger of cell phone use while driving. However, cell phone’s aren’t the only outside factor influencing poor driving habits. Driving while intoxicated poses a serious threat to not only the driver, but to other’s on the
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