Distracted Driving

DISTRACTED DRIVING know the facts! Distracted driving is any activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary task of driving. STOP, PAY ATTENTION THERE ARE 3 MAIN TYPES OF distraction ARRREZRE when's dinner? BUY FOOD. GET GAS. PICK UP KIDS. at 6| vişual manual cognitive taking your eyes off the road taking your hands off the wheel taking your mind off what you are doing POTENTIAL DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING PRDRRIRRAREREAREATAARENTAGaRERR BLAH BLAH BLAH BLA BLAH CALLONE BLAH callphones eating & drinking GPS tafking to passengers 17 Z2Z reading (even maps) grooming adjusting radio sleopiness 2010 STATS INVOLVING A DISTRACTED DRIVER 392 killed injured 4$6,000 TEENAGERS & CELLPHONE disasters 11% 40% Of all drivers under the age of 20 involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted at the time of the crash. Of all American teens say they have been in a car when the driver used a cell phone in a way that put people in danger. PEOPLE AGES 16-20 ARE THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF DRIVERS WHO DRIVE DISTRACTED Drivers who use hand-held devices are 4 times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves. Text messaging creates a crash risk 23 times worse than driving while not distracted. Driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37%. Out of 300,000,000 cell phone users in the United States, 100,000 text while driving, and talk on the phone while driving. important DISTRACTED DRIVER ACCIDENT STATISTICS 19% 17% overall injured overall crashes DV AUTO ACCIDENTS VS. DISTRACTED ACCIDENTS AUTO ACCIDENTS VS. DISTRACTED ACCIDENTS 9% 18% 16% property damage crash fatal crash injury crash AUTO ACCIDENTS VS. DISTRACTED ACCIDENTS AUTO ACCIDENTS VS. DISTRACTED ACCIDENTS AUTO ACCIDENTS VS. DISTRACTED ACCIDENTS PREVENTION Many states are enacting laws-such as banning texting while driving-or using graduated driver licensing systems for teen drivers to help raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving and to keep it from occurring. On September 30, 2009, President Obama issued an executive order prohibiting federal employees from texting while using government-provided cars or cellphones and when they are using their own phones and cars to conduct government business. On October 27, 2010, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration enacted a ban that prohibits commercial vehicle drivers from texting while driving. SAFE ZONE ALWAYS BUCKLE UP BEFORE YOU DRIVE. SAFEO driving tips KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL AND YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD AT ALL TIMES. PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY DON'T LET A PHONE CALL DISTRACT YOU FROM DRIVING SAFELY. EVEN HANDS FREE DEVICES SLOW YOUR REACTION TIME. LET INCOMING CALLS GO TO VOICEMAIL AND RETURN THEM AFTER YOU HAVE STOPPED DRIVING. IF YOU NEED TO MAKE A CALL OR SENDA TEXT MESSAGE, PULL OFF THE ROAD IN A SAFE AREA. SOURCE http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811650.pdf INFOGRAPHIC BY: distracteddriveraccidents.com II IC