The next time you go to drive your car, please remember that all it takes is 2 seconds to click, versus a possible lifetime of being crippled. <br />2. Along these same lines, I want to touch upon driving a vehicle with vulnerable passengers. <br />Please note that states have requirements for children to have proper seating and restraints dependent upon the child’s height, weight and <br />age. It goes without saying that you can never let a child drive with you without wearing a seatbelt. <br />Car seats and boosters have been shown to decrease the likelihood of a child getting injured in a car accident by up to 70%. <br />You must familiarize yourself with your state’s requirements for the proper car seat for your child, whether it be a car seat, low-back booster, high-back booster or the like. <br /> <br />Also, PLEASE Do not let rear passengers sit w/out a seatbelt. Some States have passed laws requiring all passengers, even adults who are rear passengers, to buckle up. <br /> <br />3. THE NEXT DANGEROUS DRIVING BEHAVIOR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TOUCH UPON IS Texting and Driving – there is no text or e-mail worth your life, your kid’s life or someone else’s life who you didn’t see b/c YOU had to finish the text. EVEN JENNY MCARTHY’S 12 YEAR OLD SON GETS THE IMPORT OF THIS AS HE CALLED THE POLICE LAST WEEK <br />WHEN HIS MOTHER WAS DRIVING WHILE TEXTING. <br /> <br />In some states it is even illegal for someone to send you a text when they’re aware that you’re driving, so you may want to avoid getting your friends in trouble by responding to a text while driving. <br />COUNTLESS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THE LIKELIHOOD OF A CAR ACCIDENT IS TREMENDOUSLY INCREASED WHEN YOU TEXT AND DRIVE, SO PLEASE, DO NOT DO IT. THE NEXT TIME YOU THINK ABOUT SENDING OR RESPONDING TO A <br />TEXT, REMEMBER THIS: ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY, Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph, that's enough time to cover the length of a football field blindfolded. <br /> <br />4. Other Forms of Distracted Driving: Talking on Your CellPhone, <br />Adjusting Your Navigation System/Radio, Eating & Grooming – You need to act like an adult and realize that when you’re multi-tasking while driving distracted, you’re asking for trouble. <br /> <br />THE NEXT TIME YOU THINK ABOUT SENDING OR RESPONDING TO A TEXT, REMEMBER THIS: ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY, Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph, that's enough time to cover the length of a football field blindfolded. <br /> <br />5. Driving Intoxicated – Aside from the very real chance of losing your license if caught, you’re basically driving a murder weapon when you drive drunk. I DON’T NEED TO BORE YOU WITH THE FACTS AND STATISTICES ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF SEVERE AND FATAL CAR ACCIDENTS WHEN SOMEONE GOT BEHIND THE WHEEL AFTER CONSUMING SOME ALCOHOL; YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT IT. <br /> <br />PLEASE DO NOT LET SOMEONE ELSE GET BEHIND A WHEEL IF YOU KNOW THEY HAVE CONSUMED ALCOHOL. <br /> <br />6. OTHER ALL TOO COMMON DANGEROUS DRIVING BEHAVIORS ARE <br /> <br />Speeding & Aggressive
