| A | B |
|---|
| Innattentive Drivers | Awareness and focus drift to anything other that the driving tasks |
| Distracted Driving | When an event, person, activity, or object draws a driver's attention away from the driving task |
| Cognitive Distraction | Your mind is lost in thought or in a daydream |
| An example of a cognitive distraction | Talking on cell phone |
| Visual distraction | Anything tht causes you to take your eyes off the roadway ahead |
| Example of a visual distraction | Looking at a billboard |
| Auditory Distraction | Any distraction caused by sounds |
| Examples of auditory distractions | *siren *baby crying *radio |
| Biomechanical | Any mechanical act not specifically related to driving that is performed by a driver like turning a dial or picking up a pop |
| Distractions inside the vehicle | *cell phones *controls *food & drink *passengers *loose objects |
| There are more than how many crashes each day in the United States | 4,300 |
| Distractions inside the vehicle do what? | Play a part in 1 out of every 4 motor vehicle crashes |
| Projectiles | flying objects |
| Distractions outside the vehicle | *Animals *Objects along roadway *Crash & fire scenes *Public events |
| Gawking | When a person stares |
| Rubbernecking | When a person continually looks all around the scene |
