| The traffic has increased in its density and most | | | | handle the multitasking in a safe manner is |
| of the people are usually driving half of the day. | | | | required. Along with this, programs are required to |
| The working constraints are keeping the people | | | | work on the distracted driving issues among the |
| increasingly occupied with busy schedules. Along | | | | new or already people who are driving. |
| with work constraints and higher density of | | | | 3) These programs must target the young |
| traffic, the technological development around is | | | | children who are driving. They need to be given |
| playing a bigger role as well. | | | | proper education so that they could get over |
| The availability of hand held speech devices are | | | | their distracted driving issues. They can also |
| becoming a cause of distraction which is becoming | | | | become a source of education for their parents. |
| a big cause of deaths and dangerous driving. | | | | Accordingly people from different walks of life |
| There seems to be a battle between individual | | | | need to be educated for the use of hand held |
| safety and liberty in stance of use of hand held | | | | devices with other technological devices. |
| devices. The general thinking is people believe that | | | | 4) There is a need to design the safety principles |
| other distractions are a part of road side | | | | for the use of devices within the vehicle, whether |
| accidents and hand held devices are not the real | | | | handheld or hands free so that the distracted |
| cause. People are not ready to acknowledge the | | | | driving could be minimized. |
| fact that with increased use of hand held devices, | | | | 5) A policy must be made that a person could |
| the distraction among the drivers is increasing. To | | | | use the hand held device (cell phone) only in case |
| deal with the perception of people and to educate | | | | of emergency when to dial 911. But along with |
| them following distracted driving policy could be | | | | that, people must be instructed to keep their |
| adopted: | | | | emergency calls as small as possible. People must |
| 1) Public awareness campaigns and strategies | | | | record an automatic message while driving so |
| must be adopted and designed to create the | | | | when ever the caller reaches out for their |
| awareness and education among people about the | | | | number, they get the message that a person is |
| issues prevailing in stance of distracted driving. | | | | driving and cannot take the call. |
| The main focus of this campaign should be to pay | | | | 6) Proper legislation is needed in order to |
| attention on factors like the severity and its | | | | implement the distracted driving policy to ensure |
| perception among people. These programs need | | | | the state wise impacts. |
| to judge the perception of people and then tame | | | | Other distracted driving policy to deal with |
| it for severity of distracted driving by the use of | | | | distracted driving issue also needs to be designed |
| hand held devices. | | | | to make roads a safe heaven for drivers. |
| 2) None of us could avoid multitasking while | | | | Distracted driving policy if presented in a legislative |
| driving. So a special training program for people to | | | | form would bring a greater impact. |