How to Avoid Being Distracted
Make adjustments to vehicle controls such as radios, air conditioning, or mirrors before beginning to drive or after the car is no longer in motion. If you are drinking, do not drive. If you plan to drink, designate a non-drinking driver, other thing is don’t be worried.
Cell Phone Safety Tips
Below are cell phone safety tips to follow if you use a cell phone while driving. For additional information about cell phone safety and legislation
Position your cell phone within easy reach.
Place your cell phone within easy reach and where you can grab it without taking your eyes off of the road. If you receive a call at an inconvenient time, if possible, let your voice mail answer it for you.
Suspend conversations during hazardous driving conditions or situations.
Let the person you are speaking with know you are driving. If necessary, suspend the call in heavy traffic or hazardous weather conditions. Rain, sleet, snow and ice can be hazardous, but heavy traffic can be just as dangerous. As a driver, your first responsibility is to pay attention to the road.
Do not take notes or look up phone numbers while driving.
If you are reading an address book or business card, or writing a "to do" list while driving a car, you are not watching where you are going. It's common sense. Don't get caught in a dangerous situation because you're reading or writing and not paying attention to the road or nearby vehicles.
Recognize your own signs of distraction.
As you drive be self-watchful. Learn to spot the indicators that you are bored or inattentive. Have standard checks. What do you notice in your mirrors? What's on the left of you? The right? If the scene has changed appreciably from the last time you checked you've been woolgathering.
Recognize the risks of distractions.
The first step is to realize that any distraction carries risk with it. Your world may stop because you dropped the cassette on the floor, but the world you're driving in keeps motoring on.
 
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