With smartphones and other devices we have at our disposal, it's natural that we have become distracted drivers. Some people are more interested in what's going on with their smartphone than anything that's happening inside the car. The problem becomes significantly worse with individuals that use their smartphone as a navigational tool.
These individuals will have a tendency to look at their phone more often than most. We have to get ahead of these behaviors and turn our cell phones off or leave them in an area where we can't access them while driving. As time goes on, we will begin to lose sight of a time when our smartphones were attached to our hips. Before you know it, you will start to get agitated when you're in a situation where you're going to drive distracted.
Taking Time to Keep Calm
Set Rules and Guidelines
Staying Away from Certain Conditions
We all have our devices attached to our hips at any given time. The people that we know think that they can reach us whenever they want. We continue to rely on these devices to help us manage every part of our lives. When we're away from them for any given time, we begin to feel like we can't go forward until we get them back again. Putting the device off to the wayside and waiting until you park at your destination seems unimaginable. We have to come up with a way to change our behaviors in the hopes that we won't feel like we need to look at our device while driving.
Venturing into a New World
It seems like the progression we're all going through towards a completely device driven world is not going to stop. The time has come for us to step up and stop it before it has a chance to become a serious problem. Each one of us possesses the ability to turn our phones off or put them on silent when we're driving. Any call or text message can wait until we get to the other part of our journey. The impatience that we feel will subside because we can always tell the other person that we were driving when they tried to contact us. We don't have to have ourselves glued to the phone all the time. The road is far more interesting anyway.
These individuals will have a tendency to look at their phone more often than most. We have to get ahead of these behaviors and turn our cell phones off or leave them in an area where we can't access them while driving. As time goes on, we will begin to lose sight of a time when our smartphones were attached to our hips. Before you know it, you will start to get agitated when you're in a situation where you're going to drive distracted.
Taking Time to Keep Calm
Set Rules and Guidelines
Staying Away from Certain Conditions
We all have our devices attached to our hips at any given time. The people that we know think that they can reach us whenever they want. We continue to rely on these devices to help us manage every part of our lives. When we're away from them for any given time, we begin to feel like we can't go forward until we get them back again. Putting the device off to the wayside and waiting until you park at your destination seems unimaginable. We have to come up with a way to change our behaviors in the hopes that we won't feel like we need to look at our device while driving.
Venturing into a New World
It seems like the progression we're all going through towards a completely device driven world is not going to stop. The time has come for us to step up and stop it before it has a chance to become a serious problem. Each one of us possesses the ability to turn our phones off or put them on silent when we're driving. Any call or text message can wait until we get to the other part of our journey. The impatience that we feel will subside because we can always tell the other person that we were driving when they tried to contact us. We don't have to have ourselves glued to the phone all the time. The road is far more interesting anyway.
About the Author:
When the California Air Resource Board's diesel emissions regulations first came out, Michael Schwartz, now President of FleetServ, started getting calls from panicked Fleet Managers looking for straight-forward info and compliance assistance. While FleetServ (formerly known as ACT Compliance) was originally formed to meet this need, over time it has evolved into much more.
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