{"id":92600260,"date":"2007-12-08T18:17:40","date_gmt":"2007-12-08T18:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=92600260"},"modified":"2007-12-08T18:17:40","modified_gmt":"2007-12-08T18:17:40","slug":"dont-become-a-distracted-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=92600260","title":{"rendered":"DON&#8217;T BECOME A DISTRACTED DRIVER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have pet peeves about other drivers?  You know them &#8230; the drivers on the phone, text messaging, reaching for food, a CD or the radio?<\/p>\n<p>Distracted driving occurs whenever a driver is slow to recognize a potential hazard because something inside or outside the vehicle draws the driver&#8217;s attention away from the driving task.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involve some form of driver inattention within three seconds before the event.*<\/p>\n<p>Keep from becoming a statistic by being alert and following these few tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give yourself more space, stay away from distracted drivers.\n<li>Remain calm behind the wheel. Avoid emotional conversations with passengers.\n<li>Devote your full attention to driving.\n<li>Put away anything that is potentially distracting: mail, magazines, books etc.\n<li>Keep alert and protect yourself by wearing your safety belt. It<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltometro.org\/eNews\/B'moreInvolved-12-07-07.htm\">https:\/\/www.baltometro.org\/eNews\/B&#8217;moreInvolved-12-07-07.htm<\/a>oldId.20071208181740544<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have pet peeves about other drivers? You know them &#8230; the drivers on the phone, text messaging, reaching for food, a CD or the radio? Distracted driving occurs whenever a driver is slow to recognize a potential hazard because something inside or outside the vehicle draws the driver&#8217;s attention away from the driving task. Nearly &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=92600260\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DON&#8217;T BECOME A DISTRACTED DRIVER&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92600260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92600260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92600260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92600260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92600260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92600260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92600260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}