Why distractions are dangerous

Driving distracted can:

• Reduce your reaction time.
• Make it hard to maintain a consistent speed leading to slowing down or speeding up at inappropriate times.
• Lead to you drifting from your lane or onto the shoulder of the road.
• Mean you miss traffic light changes, either sitting at lights once they are green or driving through as they change to red.
• Cause you to miss seeing pedestrians, people on bicycles or those on motorcycles.
• Result in you not seeing traffic slowing in front of you which increases the risk of nose to tail crashes.