The role of Inattention and Distractibility in Driving!

'Cell Phones, Conversations and Coffee' (CCC) is the first course ever to be able to offer EMS personnel concrete strategies to reduce the greatest risk drivers face - distracted driving.

According to a 2006 study by the NHSTA, nearly 8 out of ten crashes are caused by driver inattention and distractedness. CCC will certainly become the new standard in corporate driver training.

'CCC' presents a shift in driver safety training, recognizing driving for what it is - a highly complex cognitive task. Errors in cognition are recognized to be caused by either a state of inattention, multitasking or a distraction. It is the objective of this workshop to bring these issues to the forefront.

The nature of the paramedic's driving task and the time required to make decisions requires the driver to recognize the need to allocate attention where and when it is needed. CCC helps drivers learn to divide attention appropriately as part of driving, and to understand it's demands at any given moment in time.
The participants will understand that as the task load increases the driver must make reductions in the distraction, compensations in the driving, or both. Insight is a large component of the workshop.

Cell Phones, Coffee and Conversation discusses individual differences, attention and insight. It has been developed to assist drivers to become aware of the issues surrounding distractions, inattention and driving. The material discussed in this course will focus on these issues and in particular those times when errors in cognition have been caused by either inattention or distraction.

This program was extensively field tested and has met the stringent standards of the RSEA curriculum review. The program accommodates different road user groups and their specific needs. CCC is a welcome addition to road safety programs across Canada and the United States.

CCC provides information so that the driver:
  • Recognizes the signs of being distracted.
  • Understands how the task of driving can be compromised if driving does not remain the primary focus due to either inattention or distraction
  • Recognizes the need to allocate attention where and when it is needed
  • Learns to divide attention appropriately as part driving and,
  • Recognizes that the limiting characteristic is to understand the demand of driving at any given moment in time
  • Learns to become insightful if they are to become successful in the quest for crash free driving.
It is the objective of this workshop to bring these issues to the forefront.

CCC will also help the driver to understand that as the task load increases the driver must make reductions in the distraction, compensations in the driving, or both. Insight is a large component of the workshop.

This program was extensively field tested and has met the stringent standards of the RSEA curriculum review. The program accommodates different road user groups and their specific needs. CCC is a welcome addition to road safety programs across Canada and the Untied States.

A-1 Driving Specialist has three driver trainers certified to teach CCC and available to provide this course anywhere in Canada. Detailed information about Cell Phones, Conversations and Coffee can be obtained by contacting our office.
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