Driven to Distraction?
The New York Times ran an interesting article last week about distracted drivers. No, not soccer moms, but Police and Ambulance drivers, who are increasingly using computer screens, input devices, keyboards, etc while operating vehicles.
Driven to Distraction – Distracted Driving in Ambulances and Police Cruisers – NYTimes.com.
Now, I don’t think that we boat drivers are operating in as tight an environment as cars are on a street. We enjoy the luxury of wandering off course a tad, most of the time, at least more than this guy in the Buick did. We do have many cockpit distractions though, and the concept of a distracted driver shouldn’t be discarded just because we go slow or have more than a 12′ wide lane in front of us. Read the article to remind yourself to keep your eyes out the window.
