Distracted Driving - America's Bad Habit

DISTRACTED DRIVING America's Bad Habit Cell Phone Use on the Road: A large and growing problem National Highway Traffic Safety Association revealed that the number of teens who use a mobile device while driving has doubled since 2010 to two out of every five Nearly 70% of Americans ages 18 to 64 said they had chatted on their phones while driving in the past 30 days 49% of commuters admit to texting while driving 43% of those who did, called it a habit GO0,000 The average number of drivers using a cell phone or some other electronic device at any given time: 12:00 “The problem is unfortunately not improving over time. If anything, it seems to be getting worse." - Dr. Ileana Arias, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Texting While Driving: It's Harder Than You Think Last year the text message turned 20. Even though some have been texting for a long time, the activity itself hasn't gotten any easier. 20 YEARS Texting while driving is considered the most dangerous form of distraction because it involves: Eyes Hands Mind Texting drivers spend up to 400% more time looking away from the road and are more likely to leave their lane than when not text messaging The Message You Can't Wait to Get: Distracted driving statistics 25% of all accidents 330,000 involve texting while driving Injuries per year due to texting while driving Texting drivers are 23 TIMES more In 2011, 3,331 people were killed in crashes likely to be involved in a crash, near-crash, or other safety-critical event compared to uneventful baseline driving involving a distracted driver SOURCES: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/15/the-distracted-american-driver/ 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.distraction.gov http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/46000/46600/46662/811444.pdf http://www.nsc.org/Pages/NSCestimates16millioncrashescausedbydriversusingcellphonesandtexting.aspx Texting Habit