We all are knowledgeable of so many things that we do not think to realize that how important they could be, besides we start to underestimate the power of simplest things and measures that expose us to grave dangers.
Teenagers amongst any other age groups are the most reckless drivers with exposed to maximum threats of getting the cars crashed or getting injured, but this does not mean that adults are any better! They are exposed to similar threats of accidents and injuries as well.
In most scenarios adults are more irresponsible with the simplest and most common safety measures to follow.
In an effort to remind all of us the most simplest yet for the most part 10 important things to keep in mind and follow while driving due to which we would be keeping ourselves safe from accidents and injuries and humanizing the society.
DISTANCE
The most common fact and rule of driving is to keep at least a distance between your car and the car in front of you at a level where you can see the rear tires of the facing of your vehicle, or a gap of at least 2 seconds.
This will help keep the pressure downhill of the opposite vehicle driver to not speed up, further if any uncertain event occurs you would have plenty of time to slow down and hit the brakes. (Average time of reaction is 1.5 second) so you will be reserved with at least .5 second which is not a bad trade of avoiding an accident or injury.
Overtaking
If you are driving normally and some freak is trying to overtake you, let him go it is not about winning or losing, if someone is acting like a bitch, you must try to let go your ego and behave because the law is there to take care of it plus always know that there is a speed camera around the corner to detect.
This will save you from causing an UN-intentional accident or property damage that you were not willing to do but it happened any-ways.
HIGH BEAM
Keep the light low
There are things we always forget to take care of it which is logically unethical, like at night you are driving in your lane or you are stopping at the red signal, always take a look at your light because if you are on the high beam the traffic of other side of the lane would definitely going to go blind at some point and he would drive with anticipation. Just try to avoid it.
Your simple high beam can cause car crash or property damage, lawfully you haven’t done anything wrong but logically and ethically you have! And being a good citizen and a sensible person you should take this matter into your kind consideration.
SPEED
It is normal that uncertain events occur and we have no choice but to rush, but the experimental fact is no matter how much you rush and hit the gas you are going to get there just in time or on time.
You woke up late for the office and you rush, you are late on the date you rush and so on, but think about it if you are late for your office and you speed up or you are in a hurry for the date waiting for you, just in case if you hit someone or crash into a car or anything, the question is did it worth it all? You always have another day and ways to make up! Wake up early and go to work, drive safely and responsibly, nothing is more important than the life.
TRAFFIC SIGNALS
Mostly people do not realize that if they are jumping over the red signal first of all they are seen by the law and they are open to the elements which besides harm and injuries are life taking.
A report from 2012 reveals that due to jumping red signals in Dubai there were 8 death casualties and the accidents caused 10 people critical injuries including 39 reasonably hurt and close to 179 had minor injuries.
Now this is a place which is said to be the center of international shopping and a fashion hub, where we can say that people from all over the world come to visit, the traffic there is considerable, for just a stupid minor mistake by jumping red signal can cause you death! Now weigh it, one stupid mistake with cost of your life or may be disability?
Choice is obvious stop when you see the red signal, and just by doing that you can stop so many projected harmful and life taking outcomes.
FOCUS
During all this planning and excitement we forget to take a look on the road and stupidly we sometimes kiss the facing vehicle’s rear bumper or maybe we just simply crash.
During all the miserable times or joy, excitement, planning and all, just remember that if you are alive and well you have all that, you will probably be finding your way out of all the miseries and achieve happiness after all.
IF four or five of you guys are driving like crazy and filled up with excitement and having a good time, just pause for a minute and think what would happen if your car crashes or anything bad happens? Would you be able to get another life chance? Definitely not!
So, when driving just remember to clear up your thoughts, not all of that but some part of it and focus on the road and think about the rules and safety measures, you will have all the time to think about anything else when you reach the destination.
Enjoy the life! Who don’t want to, but protect it also, drive in speed limit don’t wave around the road like a drunk, Yell and laugh a lot but stay safe and follow the rules when you are driving let everyone else enjoy and have fun, being a driver it is your job to put your focus on the road, when you reach the designation, you join the party.
MOBILE PHONES
Texting while driving is the most frequently seen practice by teenagers and adults both, it is not only about when you drive you lose your focus on the road by texting but beyond that when an individual gains sufficient experience in texting while driving, the person is far more exposed to danger than he/she was before. Why? Because when the person is inexperienced he/she have alarm deep down which probably fades away after it becomes the habit.
There are no lectures to be given precisely for teenagers only but adults play their surplus part also. We all can imagine what can and what have happened because of texting while driving so we do not want to lecture here you can just go and search through YouTube videos (Texting while driving accidents).
Emailing
Professionals, use their blackberry or smart phones all the time for emailing, even when they are driving, please stop doing that you have a family and most of all one email could have waited for 15 minutes of your precious time for the sake of your life or lifetime disability may be.
Surfing
It has been also seen that people have a very addictive habit of surfing internet all the time, do it no one wants to argue on that, but stop doing it when you are driving, unless you want to go to hospital or jail for crashing into someone’s vehicle for your stupid surfing while driving.
Calls
There is a reason why there are auto-responders and cancel button in your phones and there is also another reason why Bluetooth headsets and hands free cables are available, stop receiving the calls and breaking the laws, and start to give a little thought about the above 2 reasons.
EATING & DRINKING
Seriously people are sometimes in such a rush they forget to eat and they eat along with driving to their designations which is no different than doing anything else when driving.
Yes we can agree that It may take a little less concentration as compared to anything else may be, but still you need to stop doing that because a slightest bump during driving can make your food stuck in your throat or anything could happen, the point is reach wherever you want to, sit and relax and eat your meal peacefully.
Candies, chew gums, etc.
Many people have habit of keep having candies or chew gums, well during driving it is not a very major threat but you never know, at least if you want to open the wrapper and start chewing the gum, do it on the next signal when you stop your car and then continue driving with spot on the road and rules.
Beverages & Alcohol
So please whenever you decide to drink, park your car to your garage, walk to the bar, and take the cab back home simple.
There are many videos of crashing into the public property and accidents by driving drunk; you may want to take a look at it.
STYLING
Women do that, but men do it too, seriously? Trust me you don’t have to do it while driving, first you are not going to be satisfied with your hairstyle yourself, and secondly hairstyle is something that needs a lot of attention and personal satisfaction as it is a question of appearance and personality.
So, drive there safely, park your car, take your time, style your hair, wait a go! No harm caused, you look perfect!
Changing Clothes
We know that you have a very tight and busy schedule but you do not want to change your clothes while driving, in this busy world it is widely seen that women and men do that while driving the car and changing clothes. Do we need to elaborate what could happen? I guess we know.
It is obviously one of the basic things we should know that can cause unwanted harm and may be accidents or injuries and at the end of the day falling on the hospital bed or may be at the jail, auto mechanic etc., you will be thinking did I really had to do it?
Before thinking then, think now.
DISTRACTIONS
To be more precise there are certain distractions on the road while driving that takes our interest or attention away, which is a very common and unintentional fact, it happens.
It can be said that whatever happens after we are engaged to a certain distraction is totally unintentional but the happenings of these distractions are unbearable.
Driving during distracted can cause accidents of course, but the awful fact is that mostly teenagers end up in accidents as a result of distraction.
There are certain distractions on the road which an adult can understand and ignore, but for teenagers they are young, motivated, inspired, they find attraction more rapidly than adults, which is why there is a fact that 9 people die daily in accidents with the cause of distraction while driving and the teenagers are responsible.
In an effort to educate you with the most common distractions that should be taken into attention while driving we have come up with the most compact and compiled facts other than the above 9 points.
Billboards & Advertisement
Well, no matter if you are a teenager or an adult you can’t help taking your sight away from the picture of the gorgeous and hot models in the billboards.
Moreover, sometimes for teenagers there are attractive advertisements with deals and limited offers they glance at.
Between all that accidents occur, and it happens often, but still people ignore it and they keep repeating the same thing, for the sake of safety measures at least take a look at your advertisement but if you are only on a low speed track or on a red signal.
For further depths you can always search through YouTube or Vimeo videos of car accidents when staring at billboards.
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Source: http://www.carpeylaw.com/2014/05/drowsy-driving-infographic
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