Sentences with phrase «as driver inattention»

On the contrary, while bad weather may contribute to an accident, other factors such as driver inattention during poor conditions or driving too fast for conditions are often at the root of the accident.

Tesla drivers are being urged to treat Autopilot as a driver assist, not a chauffeur, as driver inattention is blamed for yet another crash

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We had to ride south on Avenue Road, keeping as close to the curb as possible on one of the busiest streets in town in the middle of rush hour, wondering what kind of governments hypocritically promote cycling and then neglect to provide any decent routes; that refuse to demand sideguards on trucks like they do in the UK; that refuse to enforce the few rules about parking or driving in bike lanes; and that refuse to ban cell phone use while driving when 80 % of accidents are caused by inattention of drivers.

Driver distraction and inattention has been reported as the second most common factor for truck accidents after speeding.

Truck accidents can also occur as a result of driver exhaustion and driver inattention.

According to the NHTSA, the number one source of driver inattention is a wireless device — beyond that, they discovered that someone who used a cell phone while driving was four times as likely to get into an automobile accident when compared to a driver who was focusing solely on driving.