April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Ken Panciera
Marketing and Sales, Private Client Group, Personal Lines Department, Starkweather & Shepley Insurance
Remember the old days, where the only thing that distracted you while you were driving was changing out your Van Halen cassette tape for the new David Lee Roth solo cassette tape, and realizing that maybe David should have stayed with the band? Good times.
Flash forward to 2022, and there are so many more things that can and do distract you from driving well- texting and talking on your smart phone, for one. Sure, you think that phone call or text from your bestie is super important, but looking down for a split second could be a matter of life or death.
Good things come to those who wait.... Hands on the wheel, mind on the moment, as a former Providence, Rhode Island radio DJ used to say as he closed his out his show every night, while reflecting on what the heck David Lee Roth was even thinking about leaving Van Halen.
April is #DistractedDrivingAwarenessMonth. If only one person reading this post remembers it on the way home this afternoon, and slows down a bit, or doesn't look at their phone until they get home, then it would be all worth it.