Budget Brakes knows that some driving distractions are unavoidable. A spilled drink, rowdy children, or digging in a purse or bag for entry keycards can distract even safe drivers.
Still, the key to safe driving is keeping your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel. Having a passenger who is capable of handling distractions and allowing them to do so is the safest way to keep driving safely. If that's not possible, though, simply pull over and handle your distractions off the road.
Budget Brakes wants all of its customers to be safe while driving, but unavoidable driving distractions are common. Instead of trying to remedy the situation while driving, simply pull over. This advice applies equally well to handling emergency phone calls, food or drink spills, unruly children, and applying makeup. No arrival time is worth risking your life, your family's lives, and the lives of other drivers on the road in order to save a few minutes.
Budget Brakes Safety Reminder: Vanity Mirror Usage
Budget Brakes knows that getting ready in the morning often means rushing out the door without makeup or with other personal hygiene issues. At times, individuals are concerned with minor issues and choose to apply or fix makeup while driving. Budget Brakes does not encourage this distracting practice.
Not only is it dangerous, but its not effective. It is better to quickly apply makeup at home and be five minutes late than to risk your life and the life of others on the road. The amount of makeup that can be applied with one hand while driving is limited. Lipstick can be applied in seconds after parking; eyeliner in under a minute.
The use of the vanity mirror while parked at a stop light is the only safe in-car time to correct personal hygiene issues. Budget Brakes hopes that you and your family take driving distractions seriously in order to improve road safety for all road users.
Not only is it dangerous, but its not effective. It is better to quickly apply makeup at home and be five minutes late than to risk your life and the life of others on the road. The amount of makeup that can be applied with one hand while driving is limited. Lipstick can be applied in seconds after parking; eyeliner in under a minute.
The use of the vanity mirror while parked at a stop light is the only safe in-car time to correct personal hygiene issues. Budget Brakes hopes that you and your family take driving distractions seriously in order to improve road safety for all road users.
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Budget Brakes Safety Reminder: Texting While Driving
Budget Brakes cares about your safety. For this week's article, we are covering driving distractions like texting or talking on the phone while driving.
Budget Brakes strongly recommends that all cellular phones are put away while driving. Texting while driving is the fastest-growing cause of both fatalities and fender benders. Even sending short texts requires taking both your eyes and your hands off the wheel, delaying normal reaction time by up to half a second on average. It can also be a distraction that results in missed road signs or stoplights.
Even talking while driving can be dangerous. Holding a phone can lead to loss of control, and using earbuds while driving can block important aural information like the sound of a car engine from a passing car, emergency siren, or horn. The safest way to use a phone in the car is with a hands-free system, but in a pinch, use the speakerphone and keep the phone in the console.
Budget Brakes hopes that you and your family are serious about enforcing driving rules, especially with teens, the demographic at the greatest risk of accidents while texting.
Budget Brakes strongly recommends that all cellular phones are put away while driving. Texting while driving is the fastest-growing cause of both fatalities and fender benders. Even sending short texts requires taking both your eyes and your hands off the wheel, delaying normal reaction time by up to half a second on average. It can also be a distraction that results in missed road signs or stoplights.
Even talking while driving can be dangerous. Holding a phone can lead to loss of control, and using earbuds while driving can block important aural information like the sound of a car engine from a passing car, emergency siren, or horn. The safest way to use a phone in the car is with a hands-free system, but in a pinch, use the speakerphone and keep the phone in the console.
Budget Brakes hopes that you and your family are serious about enforcing driving rules, especially with teens, the demographic at the greatest risk of accidents while texting.
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Leaving Children Behind in Cars
Budget Brakes is here to protect your family. That's why we want to remind you of the "zero second" rule for leaving children unattended in cars. Budget Brakes firmly believes that, for their safety, children should never be left alone, unattended, for any reason.
In 2009, non-profit organization Harrison's Hope documented 789 children left unattended in or around cars and 146 children who lost their lives in these incidents. Budget Brakes encourages parents to realize that these deaths are not accidental, they are neglectful. If every parent put forth the effort required to unbuckle a car seat and carry his or her child inside for a two-minute trip to the ATM or convenience store, hundreds of children's lives would be saved every year.
KidsAndCars.org, an advocacy organization, also recommends two crucial car habits to avoid accidentally leaving a child behind.
• Keep something you'll need for work in the back seat of the car, like a cell phone or employee badge.
• Keep a large teddy bear in the child's car seat when it is not occupied and in the passenger's seat of the car when the child is occupying the car seat. This serves as a visual reminder that the child is in the back.
The next time you consider leaving your child in the car, Budget Brakes hopes that you remember the zero second rule: a child should never spend time alone in a car for any reason.
In 2009, non-profit organization Harrison's Hope documented 789 children left unattended in or around cars and 146 children who lost their lives in these incidents. Budget Brakes encourages parents to realize that these deaths are not accidental, they are neglectful. If every parent put forth the effort required to unbuckle a car seat and carry his or her child inside for a two-minute trip to the ATM or convenience store, hundreds of children's lives would be saved every year.
KidsAndCars.org, an advocacy organization, also recommends two crucial car habits to avoid accidentally leaving a child behind.
• Keep something you'll need for work in the back seat of the car, like a cell phone or employee badge.
• Keep a large teddy bear in the child's car seat when it is not occupied and in the passenger's seat of the car when the child is occupying the car seat. This serves as a visual reminder that the child is in the back.
The next time you consider leaving your child in the car, Budget Brakes hopes that you remember the zero second rule: a child should never spend time alone in a car for any reason.
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