DISTRACTED DRIVING

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Motor Vehicle Crashes Distractions

• Cell phones are #1 driver distraction in US
• 80% of accidents are due to driver distraction within 3 seconds of a crash
• Drivers using cell phones are 4X as likely to have an injury related crash

THERE ARE THREE MAIN TYPES OF DISTRACTION

• Manual: something that causes you to take your hands off the wheel
• Visual: a distraction that diverts your eyes from the road
• Cognitive: anything that takes your mental focus off the road

How Driving Behavior is Affected

• Hands free or not, cell phone users are: 9% slower to brake 19% slower to resume normal speed after braking 24% variable in following distance

How Driving Behavior is Affected

• Cell phone users also: Drift Miss signs, signals, exits, brake lights Leave the roadway Hard braking Rapid acceleration

Texting and Driving Accident Statistics for 2017-19

• AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 87% of drivers view texting and driving as the most significant hazard on the road
• 52.3% of the minors said that they have seen their parents texting and driving in the last year
• The U.S. DOT reported that cell phone use while driving kills 3,000 to 6,000 people every year.

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• Texting while driving is a contributing cause in 25% of all car accidents - resulting in almost 400,000 physical injuries
• Texting while driving causes 5 times as many accidents than drunk driving
• Texting increases your chances of rear-ending someone by a multiple of 7

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

• Study: Adults more likely to text, while driving than teens
• 82% of adults between the ages of 25 and 39 admitted to cell phone use behind the wheel 43% said they do so on a regular basis.
• 58% of teenagers said they used their phones while behind the wheel and 7% said they texted while driving

Smartphone activities people say they do while driving:

• • Text 61% • Email 33% • Surf the net 28% • Facebook 27% • Selfie/photo 17% • Twitter 14% • Instagram 14% • Shoot a video 12% • Snapchat 11% • Video chat 10%

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Bottom Line -- Distracted Driving is DANGEROUS!

• In 2015, 3,477 people were killed, and 391,000 were injured in crashes involving distracted drivers on U.S. roads

TIPS TO PREVENT TEXTING AND DRIVING

• Silence your phone
• Put your phone away
• Keep your phone out of hands reach
• If you are the driver, be the driver: keep your attention on the road and do not engage your passengers
• Keep your hands on the wheel

Refrences

• (2017, May 19). 10 Pragmatic Reasons To Stop Texting and Driving Today. Retrieved from https://driving-tests.org/beginner-drivers/10-reasons-you-shouldnt-text-and...

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• (2019, June 19). Apps That Prevent Phone Use While Driving. Retrieved from https://www.insuramatch.com/blog/2017/08/apps-prevent-phone-use-while-drivi...

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• (2015, May 19). Smartphone Use While Driving Grows Beyond Texting: AT&T. Retrieved from https://about.att.com/story/smartphone_use_while_driving_grows_beyond_texti...

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• USDOTNHTSA. (2014, April 25). Liz Marks Texting & Driving Story. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7911kgJJZc

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• Waldron, T. (n.d.). Texting and Driving Statistics. Retrieved from https://www.millerandzois.com/texting-driving-statistics.html

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• (2019, April 13). Put Down Your Phone and Drive (Before You Kill Me). Retrieved from https://www.nomeatathlete.com/put-down-your-phone/