Facts About Distracted Driving

barbet: FACTS OF LAW FIRM www.thebarberlawfirm.com 866-986-1529 DISTRACTED DRIVING 3 TYPES OF DISTRACTION Manual Visual Cognitive Buy shoes. Meet the doctor Get dinner . Manual distractions cause Visual distractions cause your hand to move away from the steering wheel, Cognitive distractions bring your mind out of the road while you are driving. your eyes to move away from the road. How serious is it? HELLO 867 4x 23x 4,898 of them are risk of accident, when you're talking to the phone. risk of accident, when fatal crashes involve caused by cell phone distraction. you're texting with your mobile phone. distraction. 660,000 5,000 440,000 people were killed on accidents caused by distraction. people in the US are people were injured on accidents caused by distraction. driving distracted. vehicle crashes are of teen drivers involved 28% caused by texting and cell phone use. 16% in a fatal crash caused by distractions. What do the drivers think? drivers understand But 35% of the same drivers 90% 35% admit that they have read or the danger from cell phone distraction. sent text message or e-mail while driving. SOURCES: http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/NHTSA+Survey+Fi nds+660,000+Drivers+Using+Cell+Phones+or+Manipulating+Electronic+ Devices+While+Driving+At+Any+Given+Daylight+Moment enddd.org/the-facts-about-distracted-driving/ http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811379.pdf