Texting and Driving Statistics

Americas's B AD Habit BAD TEXTING WHILE DRIVING Cell phone use on the road: a large and growing problem. L. 2011 1.3 million crashes involved cell phones. more than 600,000 drivers uses a USes A cell phone/electronic device at any given time 49% 43% of commuters admit to of those who did, called it texting while a habit. driving. 70% American 18 to 64 chatted on their ages phones while driving texting drivers 23 times The problem is unfortunately not improving over time, If anything, it seenms to be more likely to be involoved in a CRASH! getting worse - Dr. Ileana Arias Deputy Director of CDC Texting while driving causes 330,000 injuries per year. 25% of all accidents per year involved texting while driving .. http://www.nhtsa.gov/ http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6210a1.htm?s_cid=mm6210a1_e http://www.att.com/Common/about_us/pdf/twd_commutor_survey.pdf http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/28/adults-worse-than-teens-about-texting-behind-wheel/2026331/ http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/46000/46600/46662/811444.pdf http://www.nsc.org/Pages/NSCestimates16millioncrashescausedbydriversusingcellphonesandtexting.aspx http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2012/09/18/it-is-time-for-a-parental-control-no-texting-while-driving-phone/ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/the-distracted-american-driver/] Sources: CUTHBERT LAW OFFICES A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION