Driving While Texting Laws By State

DRIVING WHILETEXTING laws by state EVERY DAY in the United States, 9 people are killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, and 1,060 people ar more than injured in crashes involving distracted drivers. ABOUT 3,300 PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN CRASHES INVOLVING A DISTRACTED DRIVER EACH YEAR 18% OF CRASHES IN WHICH SOMEONE WAS INJURED INVOLVED DISTRACTED DRIVING. THE 3 MAIN TYPES OF DISTRACTION ARE VISUAL MANUAL TAKING YOUR EYES OFF THE ROAD. TAKING YOUR HANDS OFF THE WHEEL COGNITIVE TAKING YOUR MIND OFF OF DRIVING. TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT COMBINES ALL THREE TYPES OF DISTRACTION. IT TAKES ATTENTION AWAY FROM DRIVING MORE FREQUENTLY AND FOR LONGER PERIODS THAN OTHER DISTRACTIONS. SENDING OR RECEIVING A TEXT TAKES A DRIVER'S EYES FROM THE ROAD 4.6 SECONDS. FOR AN AVERAGE OF AT 55 MPH, THAT'S LIKE DRIVING THE LENGTH OF AN ENTIRE FOOTBALL FIELD DISTRACTED! NEARLY 50% OF ALL U.S. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 16 AND OLDER TEXT WHILE DRIVING. STUDENTS WHO TEXT WHILE DRIVING ARE NEARLY 2X AS LIKELY TO RIDE WITHA DRIVER WHO HAS BEEN DRINKING 5X AS LIKELY TO DRINK AND DRIVE THAN STUDENTS WHO DON'T TEXT WHILE DRIVING AND 31% ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2009. PRESIDENT OBAMA of U.S. drivers ages issued Executive Order 13513 prohibiting federal employees from texting while driving on government business or with government equipment. 18-64 said they had read or sent text messages or email while driving at least once within the past 30 days. At any moment during daylight IN AMERICA, 660,000 DRIVERS are using cell phones or manipulating 25% STOP of teens respond to a text message once or more every time they drive. electronic devices while driving. 20% 10% Number of parents who admit that they have extended, multi-message text conversations while driving. Number of teens who admit that they have extended, multi-message text conversations while driving. TEXTING BANS IN THE U.S. NO CURRENT BANS TEXT MESSAGING BAN WA MT ND ME OR MN VT I0 SD WI NY MA WY IA BI PA NE NV OH MD NEW YORK DE UT IL IN CO wV VA WASHINGTON D.C CA KS MO KY NC TN AZ OK NM AR SC MS AL GA TX LA FL WASHINGTON WAS THE FIRST STATE TO PASS A TEXTING BAN IN 2007 BASHINGTON 41 STATES IN ADDITION TO D.C., PUERTO RICO, GUAM AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS BAN ALL TEXT MESSAGING BY DRIVERS. AN ADDITIONAL 6 STATES PROHIBIT TEXT MESSAGING BY NOVICE DRIVERS. 3 STATES RESTRICT SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS FROM TEXTING BROUGHT TO YOU BY Sources: http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/distracted driving/ PracticePermitTest http://www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/facts-and-statistics.html PREPARING YOU FOR THE ROAD AHEAD http://www.ghsa.org/html/stateinfo/laws/celphone laws.html http://www.distraction.gov/content/press-release/2009/12-30.html PRACTICEPERMITTEST.COM