If you forget to take one thing with you while driving to office
and get panic .What is that - nothing but your mobile phone. If you are not
carrying this gadget in your pocket your will feel completely back out from the
rest of the world. Hence always being alert on its every ring and grabbing it.
In the recent past there was a report flashed in the front
page of the news papers in Muscat and
when I have shared the same with some of my friends , I have got panic calls
from many - asking about the news . You
know what was the news about-USING MOBILE PHONE WILL ATTRACT 10 DAYS
IMPRISONMENT. But in fact the news was not correct; it was a traffic safety
week initiative only.
The small and convenient gadget is
keeping we all live with the rest of the world anywhere at any time. The
wonderful invention of Motorola now changed the way of communication. But I am
concern about the use of a mobile phone while on driving which is usual
practice we have observed after a strict traffic rule existing against it. Can
we take the grave risk of using mobile phone while driving and met with fatal
accident which may lead to permanent disability or death of not only the driver
but the helpless passengers also.
In September 2010, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a report on distracted
driving fatalities for 2009.
The NHTSA considers distracted driving to include some of the following as
distractions: other occupants in the car, eating, drinking, smoking, adjusting
radio, reaching for object in car, and cell phone use. In 2009 in the U.S.
there was a reported 5,474 people killed by distracted drivers. Of those 40%
were considered to be killed by drivers distracted by cell phones
What we
can do for avoiding the mobile phone use while driving? It is easy to say than
done. There is simple ABCD I can suggest for escaping from the use of mobile
phone while driving and subsequent consequences
A.For AVOID:
while you are driving take a firm decision not to attend any calls, because within few
minutes or hours you will reach your destination and you can speak to the caller.
And strictly avoid texting when behind wheels.
B. If you cannot
resist the ring of a mobile phone B- stands for BY PASS. Select the alternative
ways having less risk either a call can be attend by a co- passenger and take
the message for you or use hands free, or speaker phone connected through blue
tooth.
C.For CALL
FORWARD - simply forward to somebody who can help you by taking the unavoidable
calls while you are on driving.
D. DO NOT
DRIVE – Use a driver if you are getting frequent calls and cannot avoid a
single call, but if you cannot afford a driver, D is there to Do not drive
while speaking over mobile- means you have stop the car and finish your
conversation.
This
ABCD for your safe driving, therefore alphabets
for the life not only of you but of your dependant loved once who is expecting
your safe return to home. Due the pressure from our work and social life we
cannot avoid a mobile phone. If you losing your mobile phone it is like you are
lost your memory. You cannot contact your dear and near and it not a simple
gadget to voice communication- it is our laptop, diary, calendar, camera, album,
and I cannot complete the list.
But you
cannot bet your life for an SMS or phone call, when you are driving a high
speed the 2 second’s attention diversion will decide life and death.
So the
decision is yours, take strong decision to be responsible driver on the road
rather than mobile phone maniac behind the wheels.
