With the number of distractions that influence people when they are driving it is a miracle there are not more accidents. You'll commonly hear someone boast that he is a good driver who never gets distracted, but this is absolutely not the case. There are hardly any male drivers in existence who won't turn their heads if they saw a beautiful blonde in a bikini riding in the back of a jeep. For ladies, who wouldn't stop to stare at a shirtless man who clearly visits the gym regularly? What is apparent is that mishaps occur when people become distracted. This article will discuss some of the methods you can use to keep yourself from becoming distracted.

One of the most essential things that anyone can do to avoid distracted driving would be to turn off the cell phone. Quite a few states will at present actually ticket you if you're seen using your cell phone while driving. Of course that will not prevent people. It's wise to get into the practice of shutting off the phone whenever you enter your car. Then once you get outside the car turn it back on. With the help of convenient voice mail options, you're able to see who called while your phone was off.

If you like to enjoy music on your radio in the car, pick one favorite station and leave it on that station for the whole journey. Merely taking your eyes away from the road for the time it takes to change a station leads to an accident. You really should consider loading up your mp3 player with your favorite music and then hooking that up in the car so you enjoy hearing your preferred music.

One thing that is not banned, but should be is people trying to eat when they are driving. It really is fairly simple for most individuals to enjoy a sub sandwich while they're driving. However, what are you gonna do as soon as some meat or cheese tumbles onto your lap? If you're the average person, you are likely to take one hand from the steering wheel and briefly look down at your lap so you can pick up what you dropped. As you can imagine you forgot that in your other hand was what's left of the sub so now you don't even have any hands on the wheel. Eating when driving is just a terrible idea.

Lastly, there are two other things that have to stop happening in cars. The first thing is that girls have to discontinue putting their makeup on when they are driving. Why not just get out of bed a few minutes earlier and use the mirror in your powder room at home? In the same vein, men have to discontinue using electric razors while driving. Again a few more minutes at home and it is possible to take care of your shaving there. More than likely, you think that you will get to your destination faster if you do this stuff in the car but, once you factor in how much time you will lose when you're pulled over by the police or involved in a serious car accident, you'll realize that the convenience is not worth the risk.