{"id":2061,"date":"2021-08-12T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/?post_type=sub-practice-areas&#038;p=2061"},"modified":"2021-08-12T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:48:09","slug":"driver-behavior","status":"publish","type":"sub-practice-areas","link":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/driver-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has developed a list of driver behaviors that cause and\/or contribute to fatal crashes every year.&nbsp; These behaviors can be broken down into the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp; BEHAVIOR<\/td><td>&nbsp; Number<\/td><td>&nbsp; Percent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Driving too fast for conditions or in excess of posted limit or racing<\/td><td>8,746<\/td><td>17.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Under the influence of alcohol or drugs\/medications<\/td><td>5,164<\/td><td>10.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Failure to yield right of way<\/td><td>3,728<\/td><td>7.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Failure to keep in proper lane<\/td><td>3,381<\/td><td>6.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Operating vehicle in careless manner<\/td><td>3,302<\/td><td>6.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Distracted driving (phone, talking, eating, object)<\/td><td>3,008<\/td><td>5.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Failure to obey traffic signs, signals or officer<\/td><td>2,054<\/td><td>4.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless or negligent manner<\/td><td>1,880<\/td><td>3.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Overcorrecting\/oversteering<\/td><td>1,569<\/td><td>3.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vision obscured by rain, snow, glare lights, building, trees<\/td><td>1,543<\/td><td>3.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Drowsy, asleep, fatigued, ill, blacked out<\/td><td>1,240<\/td><td>2.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Driving wrong way on one-way traffic or wrong side of road<\/td><td>1,223<\/td><td>2.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Swerving or avoiding due to wind, slippery surface<\/td><td>1,148<\/td><td>2.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Making improper turn<\/td><td>419<\/td><td>0.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Other factors<\/td><td>5,549<\/td><td>10.9<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding these behaviors and their respective contributions to fatal crashes can raise awareness among drivers and lead to lower future fatalities.&nbsp; For many of us driving is second nature.&nbsp; We have been driving so long that we often do not even think about what we are doing.&nbsp; Paying attention when driving will avoid all of the above listed behaviors.&nbsp; In an impatient world, we need to slow ourselves down.&nbsp; Doing so can save your life and the lives of others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2063,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"categories":[82],"class_list":["post-2061","sub-practice-areas","type-sub-practice-areas","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automobile-accidents"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sub-practice-areas\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sub-practice-areas"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sub-practice-areas"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cochranfirm.com\/new-orleans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}