Effective attention management is crucial for safe driving. Driving is a complex activity that involves multitasking, including vehicle control, monitoring and hazard avoidance, and navigation. These tasks require focused and concurrent attention due to the rapid changes in situations and surroundings.

Adding more tasks, such as engaging in conversations, answering the phone, eating, or dealing with changes in the driver's state of mind, alertness, fatigue, and impaired driving, makes it harder to manage attention and increases the risk of unsafe driving.

The subsequent section discusses various situations and distractions requiring serious attention.