Last year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recorded 2,841 deaths from auto accidents caused by distracted driving. While many people equate distracted driving with texting teenagers, the truth is, distracted driving poses a substantial risk to everyone on the road. Among those killed in distracted driving collisions last year throughout the U.S., 1,730
去年, 美国国家公路交通安全管理局记录了 2,841 例死亡病例车祸 因分心驾驶而导致。
虽然许多人将分心驾驶与青少年发短信联系起来,但事实是,分心驾驶对道路上的每个人都构成了巨大的风险。
去年,全美因分心驾驶事故而丧生的人员中,有 1,730 人为司机,605 人为乘客,400 人为 行人 和 77 是 骑自行车的人。
当然,手机的使用和车载技术在分心驾驶中起着很大的作用,但驾驶时进行多任务处理的行为会增加道路上每个人的整体危险性。
在 Samuel I. Kane 律师事务所,我们的十字架 新墨西哥州人身伤害律师知道,尽管技术先进的车辆在防撞方面取得了重大进展,但驾驶员仍然可能因蓝牙连接、GPS 数据甚至气候控制选项而不知所措,从而分散对道路的注意力。
不幸的是,灾难性的事故只需一秒钟就会发生。
了解新墨西哥州拉斯克鲁塞斯的分心驾驶
分心驾驶有以下三种形式,包括:
- Cognitive: Attention is taken away from the road
- Manual: Hands lose contact with the steering wheel
- Visual: Eyes are removed from the road and surrounding drivers
常见的分心驾驶示例包括:
- Talking with passengers
- Talking or texting on a cellphone
- Programming GPS coordinates while moving
- Eating and drinking
- Searching for something within the vehicle while it is moving
- Using in-car technology options
- Daydreaming
- Grooming
在拉斯克鲁塞斯防止分心驾驶比你想象的要容易
技术确实容易分散注意力,但汽车制造商、保险公司、应用程序设计师和驾驶安全倡导者正专注于创造与技术相关的解决方案。
其中包括当驾驶员视线离开道路或驾驶模式包括超速或过度刹车时发出警报的技术。
无论有多少安全选项可用,驾驶员行为和个人选择对于驾驶员安全而言仍然比应用程序和技术更重要。
以下是一些确保您和您的家人以及其他同路人安全的提示:
- Turn your phone to silent or completely off before storing it in a safe location where it is out of reach
- Avoid potentially distracting tasks by setting the music, temperature, or GPS location before you pull onto the roadway
- Pull safely off the road and into a parking lot or a convenient shoulder before attempting any task that will take your attention off the road
- Do not use non-essential features or in-vehicle touchscreens while driving
- Ensure children, passengers, or pets are safely secured before putting the vehicle in drive
- Alert all passengers to your focus, so they do not cause sudden distractions once the car is in motion
如果您因分心驾驶而受伤,或在与分心驾驶的碰撞中失去了亲人,请联系我们经验丰富的新墨西哥州拉斯克鲁塞斯人身伤害律师 致电 Samuel I. Kane, PA 律师事务所(575) 541-3004 今天安排免费咨询。