Flashing While Distracted
Law enforcement officers from the Cherry Hill Police Department will be cracking down on distracted drivers as part of a new national Distracted Driving Enforcement campaign. From April 1st through the 21st, this high-visibility law enforcement initiative will target motorists who engage in dangerous distracted driving behaviors such as talking or texting on hand-held cell phones while driving. The slogan for this national campaign is "UDrive. Despite the fact that using a handheld cell phone or texting while driving is illegal in New Jersey, the practice appears to be widespread. This campaign is being carried out during the month of April which is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and is modeled after similar successful high-visibility enforcement campaigns such as "Click It or Ticket" and "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.
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Are Digital Billboards Dangerously Distracting? – Association for Psychological Science – APS
Aggressive-driving behaviours, such as tailgating, speeding, failing to yield the right-of-way and cutting in front of someone too closely, may cause other drivers to become frustrated and angry and lead to a road-rage conflict between drivers. An angry driver may attempt dangerous retaliatory action. Avoid becoming angry on the road by following these tips:. Remember that if you drive responsibly and courteously, you are less likely to spark a road rage situation. Street racing is one of the most serious and reckless forms of aggressive driving. It shows a callous disregard for other drivers and road users, and it puts everyone on the road at serious risk of injury or death. Street racers run the risk of being charged under the Criminal Code of Canada.
School Bus Safety
All motorists must stop at least 20 feet from the front and rear of the school bus and remain stopped until the bus is put in motion. Read more at MVA. All motorists are required by law to stop when the red lights on buses are flashing. To pass a bus when the right lights are on is, by far, the greatest threat to the safety of the students. All drivers should decrease their speed and be prepared to stop when they see a school bus beginning to slow down and when students are present on the roadside.
Chief investigator Dr Gregoire Larue says mobile phone distraction is a global road safety concern - but most research and safety campaigns are focused on distracted driving. They were fitted with eye trackers, handed a phone with a visually-intensive task and asked to walk a pavement and push a button whenever they noticed the LED lights. The study found that participants used their peripheral vision to detect the flashing lights at ground level while carrying out a distracting task on their phone.
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