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Driver's Beware: The 10 Most Dangerous Foods to Eat While Driving
According to NHTSA, there are 185,500,000 licensed drivers in the U.S. and 26 percent of all traffic fatalities among these drivers are caused by driver distraction. The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety also states that distracted drivers cause at least 4,000 - 8,000 accidents per day.
These revelations led to the development of Hagerty's list of the "Ten Most Dangerous Foods To Eat While Driving" to help protect other motorists, passengers and pedestrians, and help reduce vehicle damage caused by inattentiveness | |
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behind the wheel. Hagerty's research team then rated common foods eaten in cars according to the degree of distraction, degree of difficulty in eating with only one hand on the wheel, and the f ood's popularity. They ranked the top 10 foods from bad to worst:
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When to Stop Driving
We want to continue to drive as long as we can do so safely. However, for many of us, the time may come when we must limit or stop driving, either temporarily or permanently. The following advice may assist you or someone you care about:
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Brain Injury Center Treats New Affliction of Terror War
Land mines, rocket-propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices are taking their toll on deployed U.S. troops' bodies. What's not as easily recognizable is the damage these weapons are doing to service members' brains.
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No Handicaps on the Greens
Many still think of golf as a businessman's sport...the greens and the 19th hole serving as the  office where deals are done Donald Trump style. Some see golf courses as a place to meet with family and friends on a summer's day for a relaxing game and an easy stroll around the park. Don't be fooled. While the game lends itself to all of the above, any avid golfer will tell you, in it's purest form, golf is a sport.
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Why It's Hard and Why It's Good to Push Yourself
Following a one hour ride on horseback over rocky terrain that has left me hobbling, I'm holding my 20 year old daughter's hand tightly for balance as I make my way down into a canyon in the Costa Rican rain forest. We're told that there is a gorgeous waterfall at the bottom that shouldn't be missed. Click here to read more... |  |
Blink The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
By Malcolm Gladwell (with a review by Bill Brelsford and Lynn Hedrick, CDRS and Editor)
 "Blink is a book about rapid cognition; what it is, how it works, how we can use and control to our advantage and the perils of relying on it improperly. The book is written in an easy to read style. It is written as a series of stories about people that used or were affected by the use (or misuse) of rapid cognition.
Gladwell shows how decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately. Also demonstrated is the counterintuitive idea that more information can lead to poorer decision making. He teaches that although we are often not aware of them, our snap judgments and first impressions can be educated and controlled. Once we understand how our minds work in creating these early judgments, we can learn to control these judgments by controlling the environment in which these judgments are made."
While reading this book, I began thinking about how this applies to you, the readers of Rehab & Driving Update.
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