What are the 10 top distractions that distract drivers?
Learn more about the top 10 driving distractions and what you can do to avoid them.
- Texting While Driving.
- Using the GPS.
- Talking to Passengers.
- Dealing With Children or Pets.
- Adjusting Audio or Climate Controls.
- Eating and Drinking.
- Daydreaming.
- Applying Makeup/Grooming.
What are 5 driving distractions?
Five Most Common Distractions While Driving
- Cognitive distraction.
- Cell phone use.
- Events outside the vehicle.
- Drivers may carry on conversations or even have arguments with their passengers while driving.
- Reaching for devices inside the vehicle.
What are the 3 types of distracted driving?
There are three main types of distraction:
- Visual: taking your eyes off the road.
- Manual: taking your hands off the wheel.
- Cognitive: taking your mind off driving.
What are examples of distracted driving?
Distracted driving is any activity that diverts attention from driving, including talking or texting on your phone, eating and drinking, talking to people in your vehicle, fiddling with the stereo, entertainment or navigation system — anything that takes your attention away from the task of safe driving.
How can we reduce dangerous driving habits like texting?
8 Tips to Stop Texting and Driving
- Remember: Silence is golden.
- Hang up your “do not disturb” sign.
- Make it out of sight, out of mind.
- Ask for help.
- Put it in park.
- Model safe behavior.
- Set and enforce rules.
- Enroll in our new YourTurn® program.
What are the biggest distractions while driving?
The most common causes of distracted driving
- Talking and texting.
- GPS.
- Adjusting music or controls.
- Applying makeup.
- Talking to passengers.
- Not looking at the road.
- Handling children or pets.
- Zoning out.