Essay On Driving Distraction

We all know the situation, the teen driver’s phone gives off its all familiar buzz. This driver has just received a text. His/her eyes drift off the road and one of his/her hands leaves the steering wheel. Now the driver’s eyes have been off the road for four seconds. The driver is oblivious to what is happening around him/her. With a jolt the driver looks up and sees that his/her vehicle has moved off the road and on to the gravel shoulder. He/She quickly jerks the wheel to back on to the road but at such high speeds the car slingshots across the road and into the other lane. The driver unable to control the car watches as it rolls into the ditch on the other side of the road and finally comes to a stop. This driver was lucky, he/she is still

Manually/Physically - For some reason your hands leave the wheel and you lose the ability to instantly react to a situation as well as you would be able to with both hands on the

The radio serves as a distraction because many drivers become too focused on changing the radio station to one they like or even become to busy trying to figure out what song is playing. Changing the radio stations will remove your eyes from the road again causing the driver to become oblivious to what is happening around him. Another distraction that comes along with music is the fact that the driver can get caught up in the music and suddenly there mind has gone from focusing on driving to dancing or singing in the car. Another distraction especially for teens, can be friends in the car. Not only can friends in the car use any of the three types of distractions in different combinations, but it also can add the combination of peer pressure to the mix making teens do often reckless and dangerous things in the car. What starts out by just seeming to be having fun can quickly turn into something that is very distracting for the driver. The driver needs to take control of the situation when friends are in the car, he/she can not let his/her friends determine how they