Think Only Using Your Phone at Stoplights is Safe? Think Again.

Not unlike death and taxes, Monday morning will come once again. When you get in your car for your morning commute, what do you do?  Key in the ignition? Check. Seatbelt? Check.  Playlist? Check.  Drop phone in center console?  Check.  And you’re off. You know your route, the same one you’ve taken for a gazillion years.  So the driving is natural, easy, automated.  Your mind starts to wander and you begin to think about the day ahead.  What tasks are left over from Friday?  Did you call that contact back last week?  Did you respond to the e-mail from your boss? Uggg. You can’t remember and your phone is right there.  It would be so easy to check….. AND BAM!  There it is …. you’re already distracted by your phone and you haven’t even touched it. You see, driving involves not only having hands on the wheels, foot on the pedals and eyes forward.  It also involves focus…

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