The AA has warned drivers that talking on a cellphone, or texting, puts lives at risk.<\/p>\n
It said that distracted driving remains a problem in South Africa, and will continue to remain one unless drastic action is taken.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile stricter law enforcement is needed, it\u2019s the attitude of motorists which needs the biggest change,\u201d said the AA.<\/p>\n
Studies have shown that when drivers are distracted, their ability to operate a vehicle is impaired.<\/p>\n
\u201cMotorists who use mobile devices while behind the wheel need to change their attitudes and take responsibility for their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBy talking on a cellphone, or texting while driving, these irresponsible drivers can cause a crash that injures or kills other people.\u201d<\/p>\n
No one is immune to the dangers of being distracted, it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough there are no current local statistics on how distracted driving causes crashes, there is sufficient anecdotal evidence to suggest this number is large enough to warrant urgent attention.\u201d<\/p>\n
The following distractions are among the most prevalent:<\/p>\n
\u201cPut your cellphone in the boot of your car before driving off, and put on your tie or makeup before you get going,\u201d said the AA.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you use a GPS device, set the destination before embarking on your journey.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRemember: if you don\u2019t focus on the road, there is a 100% likelihood you will not avoid a crash while distracted.\u201d<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong> and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n The AA has warned drivers that talking on a cellphone, or texting, puts lives at risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":118397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[20802,20800,24617],"class_list":["post-118395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-aa","tag-driving","tag-texting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read:\u00a0Using a smartphone while driving is dangerous \u2013 even when you\u2019re hands-free<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"