The Dangers of Texting While Driving

THE DANGERS OF TEXTING WHILE DRIVING THE NUMBERS ON TEXTING WHILE DRIVING ► ACCIDENTS 18% OF ALL INJURY AND FATAL CRASHES IN 2012 WERE A RESULT OF DISTRACTED DRIVING • 3,328 PEOPLE KILLED > 421,000 PEOPLE INJURED 11% OF DRIVERS AGES 18-20 INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT SAY THEY WERE TEXTING AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH 55 IF YOU TAKE YOUR EYES OFF THE ROAD FOR JUST 5 SECONDS AT 55 MPH, YOU'LL DRIVE THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD BLINDLY НАВITS 40% OF TEENS IN THE U.S. HAVE BEEN IN THE 34% OF 16- AND 17-YEAR-OLD U.S. CAR WHEN A DRIVER DRIVERS ADMIT TO USED A CELLPHONE IN TEXTING WHILE DRIVING AN UNSAFE WAY )- 77% OF YOUNG ADULTS 27% OF ADULTS SEND OR RECEIVE TEXT THINK THEY CAN TEXT AND DRIVE SAFELY MESSAGES WHILE DRIVING 20% OF DRIVERS ADMIT TO USING THE WEB WHILE DRIVING ► COMPARING DISTRACTIONS TEXTING WHILE DRIVING INCREASES YOUR RISK OF х AN ACCIDENT BY 23 TIMES DIALING A PHONE INCREASES YOUR RISK OF AN ACCIDENT BY 2.8 TIMES TALKING OR LISTENING INCREASES YOUR RISK OF )2 ! x AN ACCIDENT BY 1.3 TIMES REACHING FOR YOUR PHONE INCREASES YOUR RISK OF AN ACCIDENT BY 1.4 TIMES WHAT TO DO ABOUT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING • DID YOU KNOW? • DRIVERS OF ALL AGES ARE BANNED FROM TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IN VIRGINIA • SET A GOOD EXAMPLE • Don'T TEXT AND DRIVE, ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF YOUR KIDS • PULL OVER TO A SAFE PLACE IF YOU MUST USE YOUR PHONE • BE CLEAR • HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH TEEN DRIVERS ABOUT THE DANGERS OFE TEXTING AND DRIVING • THE SIMPLEST WAY TO PUT IT IS, "ON THE ROAD, OFF THE PHONE" INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY: AUTO AcCIDENT LAW FIRM OF KEVIN PAUL CHILDERS www.KPCHILDERSLAVW.COM Auto Accident Law Firm KEVIN PAUL CHILDERS Voted Best Attorney in Prince William County SOURCES: HTTP://www.Fcc.Gov/GUIDES/TEXTING-WHILE-DRIVING HTTP://www.TEXTINGANDDRIVINGSAFETY.COM/TEXTING-AND-DRIVING-STATS/ HTTP://www.DMV.ORG/VA-VIRGINIA/SAFETY-LAWS.PHP