Distracted Driving: What are they doing?

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?! Have you ever been driving along, minding your own business, when you noticed another driver and thought to yourself, "What are they doing?!" HERE IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING: 3 TYPES OF DISTRACTED DRIVING: MANUAL HANDS OFF THE STEERING WHEEL VISUAL EYES OFF THE ROAD COGNITIVE MIND OFF THE ROAD MOST COMMON DISTRACTIONS: lol Cell Phone Use omg The most common distraction for drivers brb Reaching for a Moving Object Increases risk of a crash by 9 times Looking at an Object Outside the Vehicle, Increases risk of a crash by 3.7 times Applying Makeup Increases risk of crash by 3 times Reading Pull off the road to do any sort of reading Distracted drivers are 3X more likely to get in an accident of accidents are a result of distracted driving -416,000 injured in 2010 $65% of near accidents 331,000 killed in 2011 References: www.distraction.gov/content/get-the-facts/facts-and-statistics.html www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffdl28.htm www.nhtsa.gov/Driving+Safety/Distracted+Driving/Breakthrough+Research+on+Real- World+Driver+Behavior+Released THE REEVES LAW GROUP PERSONAL INJURY LAWYERS