Distracted Driving
Teach students the dangers of distracted driving & how to focus when behind the wheel. Encourages teens not to use devices while driving.
So much attention is put on texting and impairment while driving, but the realities are that cars have become powerful computing platforms in-and-of-themselves that can be extremely distracting and dangerous if not understood and appreciated. Designed for high school grades, this course will allow students to understand and recognize all the distractions that are afforded to today’s drivers and the potential consequences of all these distractions. Become more informed and make purposeful decisions to keep not only you and your passengers safe, but also all those around you on the road as well.
Lesson Expectations:
This lesson will outline what is distracted driving. It will include examples of diverted attention away from traffic conditions as a person is driving. The potential consequences involved surrounding distracted driving. Students will conduct multi-tasking assessments to see how not focusing on one thing at a time becomes less engaging and harmful. Students will learn ways to curb distracted driving and take a pledge to refrain from preoccupied or altered attention driving.
Goals
Give young adults who are becoming of age or early drivers an idea of the issues, the severity of being impaired in a car and the consequences. Discuss the what is considered distracted driving and how difficult it really is to multi-task. Be aware of the impact accidents from distracted driving can have and who it all will affect.
Objectives: As a result of this course students will be able to:
• Learn distracted driving is more than texting behind the wheel.
• Learn who is affected by accidents due to the lack of attention to driving.
• Gain the knowledge of some current stats and trends.
• Attempt self-assessment multi-task activities to gage their abilities to do multiple things.
• Gain understanding as to how driving requires full attention due to the changing traffic conditions.
• Observe the ramifications of looking down or away for seconds can be life changing.
• Educate themselves on how to improve attention while driving.
• Discover ways to change attention deficit driving behaviors with tools available.
• Pledge to avoid distracted driving.
So much attention is put on texting and impairment while driving, but the realities are that cars have become powerful computing platforms in-and-of-themselves that can be extremely distracting and dangerous if not understood and appreciated. Designed for high school grades, this course will allow students to understand and recognize all the distractions that are afforded to today’s drivers and the potential consequences of all these distractions. Become more informed and make purposeful decisions to keep not only you and your passengers safe, but also all those around you on the road as well.
Lesson Expectations
This lesson will outline what is distracted driving. It will include examples of diverted attention away from traffic conditions as a person is driving. The potential consequences involved surrounding distracted driving. Students will conduct multi-tasking assessments to see how not focusing on one thing at a time becomes less engaging and harmful. Students will learn ways to curb distracted driving and take a pledge to refrain from preoccupied or altered attention driving.
Objectives
As a result of this course students will be able to:
• Learn distracted driving is more than texting behind the wheel.
• Learn who is affected by accidents due to the lack of attention to driving.
• Gain the knowledge of some current stats and trends.
• Attempt self-assessment multi-task activities to gage their abilities to do multiple things.
• Gain understanding as to how driving requires full attention due to the changing traffic conditions.
• Observe the ramifications of looking down or away for seconds can be life changing.
• Educate themselves on how to improve attention while driving.
• Discover ways to change attention deficit driving behaviors with tools available.
• Pledge to avoid distracted driving.
Goals
Give young adults who are becoming of age or early drivers an idea of the issues, the severity of being impaired in a car and the consequences. Discuss the what is considered distracted driving and how difficult it really is to multi-task. Be aware of the impact accidents from distracted driving can have and who it all will affect.
