The Dangers of Distracted Driving

THE DANGERS OF DISTRACTED DRIVING of all fatal distracted driving crashes are due to cell phone usage 18% FAFALITIES ARE INCREASING HELLO * The proportlon of fatat driver distraction have sOciated with since 2005 16% CALLING. RING PAY ATTENTION 10% RING 2005 YEAR 2009 IN 2009 DUE TO DISTRACTED DRIVING IN THE U.S. 5,474 448,000 INJURED DE D DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF DISTRACTIONS? 1 INTERNAL DISTRACTION When a drivers attention is directed to some event, object, person, or activity inside the vehicle. EXTERNAL DISTRACTION When a driver fails to recognize a situation requiring a response because his/her attention is directed to some event, object, person, or activity outside the vehicle. INNATENTION When a driver fails to recognize a situation that demands a response because his/her attention has wandered from the driving task for some non-compelling reason. POTENTIAL DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING CALLING. BLAH BLAH BLA BLAH BLAH BLAH PICK UP THE KIDS.. DINNER. CELL PHONES TALKING TO PASSENGERS RADIO + CD'S DAY DREAMING GPS DRINKING + EATING SMOKING PET IN CAR BUG IN CAR LAPTOP FATAL DRIVERS ON CELL PHONES UNDER 20 16% TRACTED DRIVERS IN FATAL CRASHES 70+ 10+ 60-69 15% 3% 16% 20% 10% 20% 21% - 13% - 20% 40-49 30-39 30-39 BY AGE BY AGE DRIVERS WITH CELL PHONES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN FATAL CRASHES CATEGORIZED BY VEHICLE TYPE 011% PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY 19% 22% 21% 29% Police reports indicated that the driver was using a cell phone or a cell phone was in the presence of the driver at the time of the crash INFOGRAPHIC BROUGHT TO YOU BY National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-Traffic Safety Facts www.nhtsa.gov distracteddriveraccidents.com 20-29 es IN FATAL CRASHES 24%- 40-49 50-59 INJURED CRASH NESULIS FOR DISTRACTED DRIVERS 20-29 UNDER 20 ex - 10% 69-09 50-59