Wellbeing at Hartpury 2021

Some top tips for safe driving: • Keep your mobile phone out of reach so you are not tempted to call or text. • Don’t use your mobile phone unless it is handsfree • Keep to the speed limit. • Resist peer pressure – you can do this by not having too many passengers – particularly ones that have been drinking. • Don’t show off by driving too fast. • Maintain safe space between you and other drivers. • Don’t tailgate or allow others to tailgate you. Please note that driving dangerously or erratically around campus will lead to discipline which will lead to your car being banned from campus and police informed. Music and driving: As an auditory distraction, music reduces driver attention on the road. There is evidence that the more complex/ loud the music is, the greater the distraction. A female participant in research who listened to hip hop in her car drove more aggressively than any other driver. This included faster acceleration and last minute braking. Meanwhile playing heavy metal caused a male driver to drive much faster than the other participants. You might think listening to classical music would be calming but the experiment showed that not always to be the case. Both a male and female driver listening to classical music drove more erratically than those not listening to any music at all.

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