DRIVING

DRIVING

Health issues
1. Assuming your vehicle has crashed. The factors that affect the severity of injury are :
  1. Speed you're driving
  2. Whether you've got airbags
  3. Whether you were wearing seat belt
  4. Whether you're the passenger or driver
  5. whether you hit a solid object or a car etc
  6. What type of crash- rollover, head on, etc)
  7. any consumption of alcohol
Thoughts
1. rain
  1. Should I turn my low beam lights on?
  2. Should I slow down? How slow should I be driving?
  3. Do I need to use my wipers or can I see through these drops?
  4. How heavy is the traffic?
  5. Should I stop aside and wait till the rain's over?
  6. How long is it going to rain?
2. sun
  1. Where are my sunnies?
  2. I can feel my skin burning.
  3. I'm getting blinded.
  4. What's in front of me?
  5. The steering wheel is so hot.
Potential Hazards
1. rain
  1. lose friction on road
  2. Brakes may not work as efficiently after going through deep water
  3. Hit any vehicles or walkers/cylclists due to unclear vision or speed
  4. Distractions such as music, passengers or technology
  5. Not being able to see the lines on road
  6. Can't see whats ahead or behind your vehicle
  7. Splashing puddles on pedestrians
  8. Cars without lights on
2. sun
  1. Glaring sun can make it much harder to see the road ahead (damage eyes)
  2. Being exposed to the sun while driving may cause sun burn
  3. Likelihood of skin cancer
  4. Distractions such as music , passengers or technology
Environment
1. sun
  1. sun can shine directly into drivers’ eyes
  2. Sun burn
  3. inside of the car is hot
  4. People walking/cycling etc
  5. other cars around you
2. rain
  1. wet roads
  2. heavy traffic
  3. People walking drenched in raincoats and umbrellas
  4. other cars in slow pace
  5. turning on a/c to defog windows

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