Paying Attention While Driving

If you’re anything like me and trying to manage your personal life, and work life and sometimes find yourself swerving on the road because your sending an email, inputting an address on the GPS, talking on the phone, checking your lipstick and trying to change the song on the iPod, than you need to STOP now.

For work, I’m always on the phone and I’m always on the road. Recently, I found myself doing all of these hazardous actions at the same time while driving, which is wrong, wrong, wrong. I’m endangering myself and others on the road and asking for a catastrophe. Driving is a huge responsibility as is, and full attention is always needed on the road. So this past week I decided to prioritize my actions and figured out some ways to handle my situation.

Set up a hands free Bluetooth in your car.
Most new cars are now including hands free Bluetooth capabilities in the cars, my car however did not come with one. I researched if I could get one installed and found that you can buy hands free speakers that sync up to your phone through Bluetooth. I immediately bought one and set it up and it works phenomenally.

Stop emailing

I have vowed not to email or text while driving. If I receive an email or text that I need to respond to immediately I’ll call the person using my hands free speaker and give my response over the phone or tell them that I’ll get back to them once I’m off the road with whatever ever it is they need. It’s dangerous to text and drive and we all know that.



GPS

I’d be lost without it, no seriously, I would be lost. I now take my GPS into work in the morning and add all my stops for the day at once, so I’m not trying to type addresses in while switching lanes.

IPod

Make playlist on your IPod according to your moods. My moods always vary when I’m in the car, so I’ve started creating mood playlists that allow for the type of music I like according to my mood, so that I’m not hitting the next button every 30 seconds.


Organization
I just got this rubber pad that keeps all my electronics in one place and I love it. I’m no longer reaching down to the floor while driving and looking for my IPod whenever I drop it. It’s convenient, and functional.