Recently, I was in an elevator reading an article about multitasking. I almost forgot to push the button for my floor and then when the door opened, I forgot to get off the elevator. Sadly, that is not a joke. It really happened.
Multitasking was a big buzzword in the 1990's. Time management experts told us that we could accomplish twice as much in the same amount of time by doing two things at once. (Naturally, because our lives are so busy, many assumed that if they could do twice as much doing two things at once, they must be able to accomplish three times as much doing three things at once.)
Businesses jumped on this as a way to squeeze more productivity out of people and drivers adopted this mentality to spend their commuting time putting on their make-up, catching up on their reading, or gobbling down lunch.
But today's time management experts are revealing that the benefit of multitasking does not actually exist. Rather than doing one thing well, people who multitask do two things poorly. It's not just a matter of doing half the job, the combined effect is actually much worse! It has something to do with not being able to two things at once.
Therefore, when we drive and focus only on driving, 100% of our focus is on driving. But when we drive and split our focus between driving and some other act (eating, reading, disciplining children, talking on our phones, texting, etc.) we end up doing each of those activities far less than at 50% effectiveness.
Today's time management experts have a new buzzword that they are adopting and we think it perfectly applies to safe driving. It's called "singletasking" and it means doing one thing. (Yeah, we're not sure why there needs to be a word for it).
When you singletask, you do one thing at a time. So when you're behind the wheel, you aren't eating or texting or phoning or have one hand over the back seat trying to keep your kids from fighting with each other. When you singletask, your entire focus is directed toward one activity (driving) and you're able to achieve far more safer driving by singletasking compared to multitasking. You'll remember to check your blindspots and signal before turning and watch the road signs and stop when the car in front of you stops.
By singletasking, you drive better, you're more likely to get to your destination faster, you'll keep yourself and your family safer, and you'll reduce the expense and burden of a collision.
If you do get into a collision, the collision repair experts at Boyd Autobody & Glass are ready to fix your car quickly, restoring its safety and look to its pre-collision condition.
