Driving is a complex task and demands our full attention. Activities such as texting or even glancing at our mobile phone for a ‘quick second’ affects driver performance and safe driving. It decreases our ability to control speed and following distance, makes it difficult to maintain our position on the road, reduces our awareness of surrounding traffic, events, signals, and signs, and makes our responses to hazards slower. You wouldn’t close your eyes to drive – checking your phone is the same thing.
As a part of our Towards Zero Action Plan 2020-2024 (Action Plan), new camera technologies will be trialled in 2023 to increase enforcement of inattention and deter people from using their mobile phone illegally while driving.
The faster you go, the longer it takes you to stop. In an emergency, the average driver takes about 1.5 seconds to react. Stopping distances increase exponentially the faster you go.
The faster you go, the longer it takes you to stop. In an emergency, the average driver takes about 1.5 seconds to react. Stopping distances increase exponentially the faster you go.
The faster you go, the longer it takes you to stop. In an emergency, the average driver takes about 1.5 seconds to react. Stopping distances increase exponentially the faster you go.