| Experts state that the major causes of car | | | | occurs when drivers slow down to look at |
| accidents are driver distractions. Dangerous | | | | another accident on the road or anything that |
| distractions that can lead to an accident | | | | looks unusual on the highway. When a driver |
| include cell phones and other gadgets that | | | | slows a car down too quickly, the driver in |
| drivers use as they drive. Cell phones, | | | | the car behind often times doesn't have |
| laptops, electric razors, etc. causes drivers | | | | enough time to slow down or stop and runs |
| to take their eyes off the road for seconds | | | | into the back of the vehicle in the lead. |
| at a time with the potential to cause a | | | | Rear end collisions can lead to serious |
| serious, if not deadly, accident. In response | | | | injuries. The same applies for tailgating in |
| to this, some states in the US have banned | | | | that a driver who is following a car too |
| the use of hand-held cell phones while people | | | | closely may not have enough distance to stop |
| are driving. The alternative is to use a | | | | suddenly, and the potential for a serious |
| hands free ear bud that is lightweight and | | | | accident is eminent.A driver's behavior |
| comfortable, and allows a driver to carry on | | | | causes many accidents; still others are |
| a conversation without diversions.Another | | | | caused by mechanical failure or road |
| dangerous distraction is when a driver who | | | | conditions. There are technical solutions |
| has been drinking and then attempts to drive. | | | | that are available to help with these |
| The effects of alcohol can and does raise | | | | problems and have contributed to a decline in |
| havoc behind the while. Anyone with a blood | | | | the death rates caused by automobile |
| alcohol level of .01 is considered unfit to | | | | accidents. They include proximity monitors |
| drive. The effects of driving while | | | | that let a driver know how close they are to |
| intoxicated include drowsiness, loss of focus | | | | the vehicle ahead; sobriety detectors, that |
| and the inability to judge distances and | | | | measure the amount of alcohol that a driver |
| reaction times.Rubbernecking and tailgating | | | | has consumed and drifting monitors that alert |
| are other potentially dangerous habits that | | | | a driver when his or her car drifts too far |
| many practice while driving. Rubbernecking | | | | to one side of the road or the other. |