DISCUSSION ISSUES/TOPICS
Safety Campaigns
- What information should be provided in public service announcements and how effective will it be? Who are the target drivers and how can they be reached?
- What information does the public need, as drivers or as consumers of technology products?
- How effective is the provision of safety tips? Do we understand the problem well enough to provide good tips?
- Is there a “learning curve” that makes the distraction risk particularly great for novice users of a technology or a specific product? Is there some way that training or practice could be introduced to minimize this?
- Is there a need to introduce driver distraction/technology use into driver education curricula? Do novice drivers potentially have greater distraction problems and can training help with this?
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| Can public education and training about the safe use of in-vehicle technologies (e.g., cell phones, navigation systems, etc.) increase safety?
PATIENCE & AWARENESS 7/11/00 10:57:07 AM
Driving is a Privilege 7/18/00 6:27:40 PM Submitted Anonymously Private Citizen Driving is a privilege, NOT a right. I am very fortunate that I can drive at all due to a stroke on the right side at birth. I learned how to drive only at age 42. I need to drive with a left foot pedal and spinner knob. I cannot use hand controls. There is no auto rental company that rents vehicles with left foot pedals. So to rent a car I need to buy one. So I have no back up. So I drive very little, just locally and where I know exactly where I am going, never on any highways or interstates. I live in walking distance of work, and thankfully my job does not require me to travel. If it did, I could not take the job. A social life: nonexistent. There's a rail line running through the town all day and night, but it is only for commercial freight. Bus transportation is provided on a limited basis only during Monday-Saturday during daylight (work) hours. What happened to me at birth could and does happen for various reasons to people of all ages every and any day of the year, and in some manner, sooner or later to everyone. So we all must advocate for public transportation - for our own good. Driving is a PRIVILEGE. GOOD FORTUNE. Once we see it as such, we will learn to appreciate and not take for granted how really privileged we really are to be able to drive at all. Especially with our congested highways across the country, all drivers need to pay 100% and MORE DISTRACTION-FREE attention to the road. Distraction-free = cell phone/pager-free, and also smokefree driving, etc.. with both hands on the wheel at all times while driving. If you need to do any of the above, get off the road, stop the car, and do what you need to do. For those who drive while intoxicated, otherwise impaired, or knowingly recklessly: permanent revocation of one's license and impounding of the vehicle. And for those who disagree, please try getting around without a car, for even a day, having to rely on buses, cabs, trains, - if your town has any - or friends that/who don't operate on or have YOUR schedule. Try it and you'll see what I mean. Youll suddenly greatly appreciate the independence that driving a car gives you. DRIVING IS A PRIVILEGE. PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. Signed, A concerned private citizen Reality Check People 7/18/00 7:40:51 PM
We need education; advertisements are hurting this 8/8/00 11:28:58 AM
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