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The Montgomery Police Department again wants to remind drivers about the dangers of distracted driving. Enforcement and education efforts are increasing as next week is Distracted Driving Awareness Week. Don't be surprised when you see several local law enforcement agencies out and about looking for these violators.

*Distracted drivers are about 4X as likely to be involved in crashes than those who are focused on driving.

*Drivers who are texting can be more than 20 times more likely to crash than non-distracted drivers.

So this leads to reminder #2: LET'S FOCUS ON DRIVING.
Think you’re good at doing several things at once? Much recent neuroscience research tells us that the brain doesn’t really do tasks simultaneously, as we thought (hoped) it might. In fact, we just switch tasks quickly. Each time we move from hearing music to writing a text or talking to someone, there is a stop/start process that goes on in the brain. Perhaps we should keep our brains turned ON while driving. Drop it and Drive!