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