The things we see or hear in our daily life can often cause us to be distracted and pushed to different thoughts. The consequences of distraction in traffic can be quite large.
Although some of the warnings we encounter in traffic seem to serve a good purpose, the emerging research shows that some warnings do not cause very good things. The researchers explained that some of the warnings placed on the side of the road distract the drivers and cause more accidents.
Billboards in Texas increase accident rate by driving drivers to diverge
(1669 deaths on Texas roads this year)
Texas’ This research has addressed a very controversial issue. In the system applied in Texas and 28 other states of the USA; In order for people to be more careful, there are signs on the roadside with the number of people who lost their lives in accidents during the year. Although this at first glance seems to make one think of the sentence “So many people have died, I should be careful” and it seems to push drivers to be more careful, this is not exactly the case. The researchers found that accident rates were 4.5 percent higher within 10 kilometers of warning signs. This means that in Texas alone, warnings could cause 2,600 accidents and 16 deaths a year. Looking at the USA in general, this rate means approximately 17,000 more accidents per year.
There are hundreds of articles and researches on what can cause distractions so far. However, it was never thought until now that this distraction could be caused by warning letters on the roads. The researchers found the reason why the warnings distracted the drivers; He explains it as pessimism, pushing people to different thoughts, and as a result, being more inattentive to what’s going on around him. As the reflexes of distracted drivers slow down, more accidents can occur. However, the researchers, not only the warnings written by these death numbers; He stresses that billboards can be a similar level of distraction. At the same time, they state that they are concerned about the use of all warnings and boards, which may distract drivers and lead them to different thoughts, especially on sharp curved roads.
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