{"id":343,"date":"2023-04-20T08:16:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T08:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/?p=343"},"modified":"2023-06-28T07:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T07:07:40","slug":"stay-focused-while-driving-for-your-safety-and-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/stay-focused-while-driving-for-your-safety-and-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Focused while Driving for Your Safety and Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month \u2013 the perfect time to review some safe driving tips from the National Safety Council.<\/p>\n<p>Before driving:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjust your mirrors, seat position, and air temperature.<\/li>\n<li>Set the radio.<\/li>\n<li>Program your navigation system, and then check the route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While driving, <strong>DON\u2019T:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reach down or behind you if you drop or need to grab an item. Wait until you\u2019ve pulled over to a safe location and have stopped your car.<\/li>\n<li>Eat or drink. Safe driving requires two hands on the wheel at all times.<\/li>\n<li>Try to take care of other passengers, including children. Pull over to a safe spot and then take care of their needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And remember: Hands-free or handheld, cell phones have no place behind the wheel. According to NSC, drivers talking on cell phones can fail to see up to 50% of their surroundings. Keep the phone stored in your bag or put it in the glove compartment to resist temptation.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about <a id=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/nsc.org\/road\/distracted-driving-awareness-month\">Distracted Driving Awareness Month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/nsc.org\/faforms\/ddam-pledge\">Take the pledge<\/a> to avoid distracted driving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com\/articles\/23691-dont-drive-distracted\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month \u2013 the perfect time to review some safe driving tips from the National Safety Council. Before driving: Adjust your mirrors, seat position, and air temperature. Set the radio. Program your navigation system, and then check the route. While driving, DON\u2019T: Reach down or behind you if you drop or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344,"href":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trafficcrime.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}