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Have you ever done any of these things while driving?
Distracted driving = driving a "blind" car
A small inadvertent action while driving
Or a brief moment of wandering thoughts
It is very easy to cause traffic accidents
The picture comes from the Internet
▲The driver looked down at his mobile phone and directly hit the electric car crossing the road in front of him.
▲The driver was temporarily distracted and directly collided with other vehicles after changing lanes.
On June 15, 2024, on the Rongjiang section of the G76 Xiarong Expressway in Guizhou, a car driver was distracted while driving, causing a collision between two vehicles, resulting in a traffic accident in which two vehicles were damaged.
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Details of the case
At about 4:50 on June 15, 2024, the Sixth Brigade of the Traffic Police Detachment of the Qiandongnan Prefecture Public Security Bureau received a report that a two-car rear-end collision occurred at 1219 kilometers + 100 meters from Guangxi to Guizhou on the G76 Xiarong Expressway, please call the police. After receiving the police information, the police on duty immediately rushed to the scene of the accident to deal with it.
After the police arrived at the scene of the accident, in order to avoid a secondary accident, they immediately carried out division of labor and cooperation, and one person placed a safety cone behind the accident to remind the rear vehicles to pay attention to avoidance; Another person stepped forward to bring the drivers and passengers of both sides to safety and conducted an on-site investigation.
Two vehicles were damaged
Damage to the black off-road vehicle ahead
The rear of the vehicle was hit, the crash barrier fell off, and the left rear of the vehicle was damaged.
Damage to the rear black SUV
The front of the car was badly deformed, the airbags in the car were deployed, and the vehicle could not move.
After the on-site investigation of the police and the video of the two-car dashcam, it was learned that when the driver of the front car Du was driving in the fast lane, he was thirsty on the way, and the vehicle deviated in the process of reaching for water to drink.
When the driver of the rear car, Hu, was driving, he found that the car in front showed signs of changing lanes to the right, so he accelerated to overtake.
Du found that after the vehicle shifted to the right slow lane, he reduced his driving speed; In the rear, Hu saw the car in front slowly changing lanes and increased his speed to overtake. As a result, Hu overtook the car in front of him before it had fully entered the traffic lane, causing the two cars to collide.
Fortunately, the occupants of both sides were wearing seat belts, and in the event of a collision, they were not in serious physical condition except for being frightened.
Recognition of the Incident
In this accident, the police determined that the parties Du and Hu were equally responsible for the accident, and the drivers of both sides expressed no objection to this determination. After the accident investigation was completed, the accident emergency department towed the accident vehicle away from the scene, and the road resumed normal traffic.
What is "distracted driving"?
Distracted driving is a phenomenon in which attention is directed to activities that are not related to normal driving, resulting in a decrease in the ability to drive while driving. Common behaviors that lead to distracted driving include: making and receiving phone calls, operating mobile phone navigation, talking to fellow passengers, drinking water, eating, and lowering your head to pick up objects.
A second of distraction is very dangerous
A set of data tells you
How dangerous it is to glance at your phone while driving
▲ Bend down to pick up the dropped items and crash into the green belt.
▲ Reach for the water bottle and hit the guardrail.
▲ Driving and looking at your phone, you hit the vehicle in front of you.
How to avoid distracted driving?
(1) Be well prepared before driving. Adjust all motor vehicle controls and mirrors in advance; Check the map ahead of time, plan your travel route, and set up your navigation equipment, and don't stop while driving or on the highway.
(2) Concentrate while driving. These actions must not be done!
Looking at your phone, drinking water, picking up things These actions may seem small, but when driving, they are very dangerous traffic violations, for your own safety and the safety of others, please refuse to drive distractedly, and be a law-abiding, responsible driver
Source/Traffic Police Detachment of Qiandongnan Prefecture Public Security Bureau Editor/Guo Yunkun Review/Feng Qing Review/Liu Lei