{"id":2829,"date":"2026-07-15T14:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/odigos-ypeythynis-metakinisis\/apospasi-prosochis\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T19:52:09","password":"","slug":"distraction","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/tips-for-safe-mobility\/distraction\/","title":{"rendered":"Distraction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Driving is already a complex activity<\/strong> that requires constant attention. The more additional activities we try to perform while driving, the more our attention is divided, increasing the risk of a road traffic crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>SOURCES OF DISTRACTION<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; Mobile phone<br>&#8211; GPS\/destination search<br>&#8211; Headphones \/ music<br>&#8211; External distractions <br>&#8211; Eating, drinking coffee, smoking\/vaping<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Every second<\/strong> we take our attention away from the road, our vehicle travels <strong>\u201cblind\u201d meters<\/strong>. When we turn back to the road, we need at least <strong>2 seconds<\/strong> to fully regain situational awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Easy calculation of meters per second (m\/s)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Speed tens digit \u00d7 3 = meters\/second<br>Example: <strong>50 km\/h<\/strong> \u2192 5 \u00d7 3 = <strong>~15 meters\/second<\/strong><br><strong>80 km\/h<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>~24 m<\/strong> | <strong>100 km\/h<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>~30 m<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average driver\u2019s <strong>reaction time<\/strong> is <strong>1\u20132 seconds<\/strong> \u2013 and often that is not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A single extra second with our attention diverted can make the difference between avoiding a road traffic crash and being involved in one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving is already a complex activity that requires constant attention. The more additional activities we try to perform while driving, the more our attention is divided, increasing the risk of a road traffic crash. SOURCES OF DISTRACTION &#8211; Mobile phone&#8211; GPS\/destination search&#8211; Headphones \/ music&#8211; External distractions &#8211; Eating, drinking coffee, smoking\/vaping Every second we &#8230; <a title=\"Distraction\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/tips-for-safe-mobility\/distraction\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Distraction\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[29],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2829","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-distraction"],"acf":[],"year_month":"2026-10","word_count":145,"total_views":"3","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"kniopw","author_nicename":"kniopw","author_url":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/author\/kniopw\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Distraction","term_url":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/tips-for-safe-mobility-cat\/distraction\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2831,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2829\/revisions\/2831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2829"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movingthecityresponsibly.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}