I just came across two totally different distractions while driving a car back in the 1920's, both handled slightly different.
Article Published in 1928
There was a terrible collision on the highway between Örkelljunga and Åsljunga (both villages in the south of Sweden).
It was a man from Örkelljunga that ran into a salesman from Skånes Fagerhult. In the trial that followed the man from Örkelljunga, which caused the accident, got a reduced sentence since he had been drinking and therefore had trouble maneuvering the car.
Literature Outtakes From The Swedish Driving School 1920
The most dangerous distractions while driving are children and nervous women.
When children play they are both blind and deaf. To signal them generally won't work, and they often will appear running so close to the vehicle that signaling them have no effect.
Places you can expect playing children, such as, close to schools and playgrounds etc. you should use extreme caution since the only way to avoid them is to stop the vehicle completely.
Women is just as hard to handle as the children, when you signal them they often lose control, and after passing two thirds of the street they can, for no reason, turn around and head for the sidewalk from which they came. It’s not uncommon that they can run back and forth two or sometimes even three times in front of the car. Stop and wait until they safely reach the sidewalk. Otherwise you just handle them as if you where encountering a streetcar.
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Strange that notting has change in 82 years!