Driving Ad images/distractions should be outlawed

ibelieve
Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:38:50 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

I understand cell phone distractions as far as reading and typing, looking at or finding a #. It all takes your eyes off the road, and your mind on something other than driving. I don’t do it and am conscious of other drivers to be sure I am safe. That being said, my question is;

Why are companies allowed to advertise on driving vans, trucks, and semis, in a way as to consciously avert our attention?

My recent experience had my attention on a U-Haul truck, it’s full back with a decal looking like it was open and a man standing in the open back!! The seconds it took me to “see”, “notice” and be distracted, had me following it through a light, which changed as the huge van went through and I went through a red light! I was driving on my first day in Culver City Ca., not accustomed to the lights being WAY over to the side of the road, instead of in the middle of the road. I was going 26 mph and a good distance from this driving advertisement, but was distracted enough to not see the light. I believe I would have noticed the light, even where it was and the truck could have caused me to be the cause of an accident! NOT to mention the fact that THE U-Haul went through a red! AND was by nature, a rental, driven most likely by a unprofessional, also! out-of-towner, HUGE, and a distraction. I survived 3 1/2 full weeks of driving, with this being my only faulty driving experience. I Arrived home to get the ticket AND 4 pictures in the mail, then viewed the video online. I am appalled. I truly believe I would not have had a problem w/out the distraction. The distractions should be outlawed!

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