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To: Graybeard58
Distracted drivers were involved in nearly eight out of 10 collisions or near-crashes in a study released last year by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

There seems to be an assumption that it was merely the distraction that made these people lousy drivers. Where's the evidence for that? The problem is that people need to learn how to drive *in the presence of distractions* that will inevitably happen in the ordinary course of driving.

Someone that can only do one thing at a time has no business being behind the wheel in the first place. Sooner or later, TWO things will happen and they'll be helpless.

Constantly assessing multiple conditions and multiple streams of information and properly prioritizing and re-prioritizing from moment to moment should be a part of any driver's basic ability.

18 posted on 02/09/2007 8:41:26 AM PST by Ramius ([sip])
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To: Ramius

> Constantly assessing multiple conditions and multiple
> streams of information and properly prioritizing and re-
> prioritizing from moment to moment should be a part of
> any driver's basic ability.

True, but for some reason the requirements for getting a driver's license in most states seem to be:

1) Do you have a pulse?

2) Do you have $15?

Maybe that's where the correction needs to begin.


28 posted on 02/09/2007 8:56:45 AM PST by voltaires_zit
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To: Ramius

You are so right! What is a driver to do if there is a person in the crosswalk, a green light, and someone running it from the red side?? What about traffic cones, a siron from an abulance, and heavy traffic. Driving IS multi tasking!


52 posted on 02/09/2007 9:49:20 AM PST by gidget7 (2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:)
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