PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR DRIVING

This is not a good time to forget all those good driving habits you've developed but it is a good time to pay more attention to the specific job of driving. Minnesota State Patrol Sergeant Curt Mowers said put the cell phone away, let someone else read the liner notes on the CD, and wait until you stop somewhere to comb your hair or fix your eyeliner. Mowers said this is a particularly busy time of the year and behaviors like running red lights, not stopping for stop signs, and drifting from one lane to another without signaling indicate that drivers are not thinking about what they're doing.