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Title: Driving Distractions


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Driving Distractions
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How Vision Affects Your Ability to Drive
  • Night Blindness when seeing at night is a major
    problem
  • If you look at the headlights of an oncoming car,
    your eyes may take a moment to readjust to the
    darkness at which time you may be temporarily
    blinded.

3
Fatigue
  • Senses are impaired
  • You may not see objects clearly
  • You may miss critical information (signs, lights,
    sounds)
  • You may misjudge your speed
  • You may take needless risks
  • Highway Hypnosis
  • Fall asleep at the wheel

4
How Can Distractions Hinder Your Driving
Ability???
Create a list of distractions you can think of?
5
How Can Distractions Hinder Your Driving
Ability???
  • Your ability to think clearly and perform simple
    tasks is diminished with distractions.
  • FACT
  • Drivers on mobile phones are more impaired than
    driver at .08 BAC.
  • According to a University of Utah Study
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