Distracted driving is an ever-increasing cause of crashes, from fender benders to fatalaties, on our roadways. At least 30% of the thirty plus thousand (30,000+) crashes that happen on New Hampshire Roadways every year involve some level of distraction.
When we, especially teens, think about distracted driving, we instantly think of electronic devices. Although they are a major part of the distraction, anything and everything that we might do that minimizes our focus on our driving is a distraction. The 3 major types of distraction are visual, manual and mental. Eyes off the road, hands off the wheel and/or our minds off of our driving translates to an increased risk of crashing.
Get more information from the Injury Prevention Center at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, in partnership with the NH Office of Highway Safety: [ Ссылка ].
