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Distracted Driving

Distracted driving, particularly texting while behind the wheel, poses grave risks on the road. Engaging in driver's education can shed light on safe driving practices. Consider how many of those you surveyed admitted to texting while driving. Statistics reveal that visual, physical, and cognitive distractions significantly impair a driver's ability to stay focused. Through interactive experiments, we can evaluate our misconceptions about multitasking. Let's discuss the alarming truths about driving distractions and the importance of awareness in preventing accidents.

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Distracted Driving

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  1. Distracted Driving

  2. Have you been in (or are you currently in) driver’s ed? • Yes • No

  3. New York Times Articles - Jigsaw • Choose one of the five articles to read: • Identify two statements that struck you (whether you agree, disagree, or thought it was profound) and share with people who read the same article as you.

  4. Distractions while driving?

  5. How many of the tenpeople you surveyed admitted to texting while driving? • 0/10 • 2/10 • 4/10 • 6/10 • 8/10 • 10/10

  6. Texting & Driving • Most dangerous type of distraction: • Physical distraction • Visual distraction • Cognitive distraction • Illegal in many states • Can you text without it distracting you? • Distraction game

  7. False perceptions about our own abilities to multi-task • Put it to the test - Attentiveness

  8. Driving down Peony Lane going 40 mph, I receive a text message and answer it. I drive 100 meters during the text message exchange. How long was I distracted?

  9. Speed Lab

  10. Turn & Talk: Prediction vs actual Compare to predicted value, how did the actual distance seem?

  11. Driving down the highway at 32 m/s, I respond to a text and am distracted for 8 seconds. How far do I drive while distracted? • 0.25 m • 4 m • 24 m • 256 m

  12. A Closing Thought . . . • Commercial • AT & T Documentary

  13. Texting While Driving --Another Kind of Impairment

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