Smoking at the wheel is a risk to road safety

The risks of smoking driving are multiple and its consequences can become deadly for the driver and the companions. We reveal the main risks of smoking while driving in this article. If you are a habitual smoker in these circumstances, you should take them into account. Besides, make sure to use a 100% safe car plug adapter if you have any need of lightning or transferring.

Less Attention

During the action of lighting a cigarette, the driver performs a series of actions that are highly likely to reduce their concentration. Open the packet of tobacco + take out the cigarette + turn it on, and the last action tends to be the one that carries the most risk since we tend to look down to light them. In the 4.1 seconds that it takes to light a cigarette, at 100 km / h, we travel approximately 113 meters in which we barely look at the road and are more than enough to leave the road already.

There are also other factors that can cause a potential accident:

1.Driving with one hand

2.The fall of ashes from the cigarette

3.Burning the carpet without noticing

Reduced visibility

A characteristic of tobacco is the smoke which can become a great risk while driving. Cigarette smoke is one of the factors that can affect our visibility when driving, either because the smoke can enter through the window produced by the effect of the wind or the very fact of keeping it lit inside the car.

Possible cause of fire

Just igniting a cigarette while driving increases the chance of a fire by almost 50%. That is why it is important to remember that, by keeping windows open for smoking, the wind can cause a variety of risky situations (burning the carpet, or returning the cigarette to the inside of the vehicle after attempting to throw it out the window). This last point seems to be the most worrying to us when it is taken into account that a fire in a vehicle is excessively dangerous because of the flammable effect that gasoline also has. 

As we have mentioned above, if lightning or transferring power is necessary for you, remember to use a male cigarette lighter plug of durable temperature resistant materials you can absolutely trust.

At the very end, just want to make it even more clear that smoking while driving is a huge potent risk and hidden danger but it doesn’t mean you can’t use any electronics devices through the cigarette lighter plug. You can totally use the acer car charger to charge tablet and so on and it’s absolutely safe.