Texting While Driving Statistics Infographic

Driving While Texting Who is Driving While Texting? Over half of teenage drivers admit to texting or emailing while driving. But they're not alone. SOME TEXTING FAIRLY OFTEN/ Regularly 75 + 5.6% 1.1% 2.6% 45- 54 0.7 OVERALL Laws state by state 10% 20% 30 40n 50N 13.3% 1.0% 21% (6.4% 18.7 Nineteen states and the District of Columbia now ban text messaging for all drivers. Another nine prohibit text messaging by novice drivers. 51.4% WA 6.4% 16.4% MT ND VT 35-44 14.1% MN WI OR 16-19 NY NH MA 22.1% ID SD MI -RI CT NJ WY 45.1% IA PA 38.7% years NE IL N OH ww VA KY UT Co DE MD CA KS MO IN NC AZ OK AR DC SC GA NM AL AK TX LA AL HI Legend Source: Governors' Highway Safety Association 22 No laws 20 All drivers Novice drivers only Both novice and school bus drivers Number of States Texting 8X Is That Driver Drunk or Texting? You are 4 times more likely to cause an accident while driving drunk or talking on a cell phone. You are 8 times more likely to cause an accident while texting! Talking on Phone* Drunk (.08 BAC)* Most states consider a person legally intoxicated if his or her Blood Alcohol Content is .08 or greater ** Hand-Held OR Hands-Free Source: The University of Utah 55-64 65 - 74 25-341 Driving While Texting Who is Driving While Texting? Over half of teenage drivers admit to texting or emailing while driving. But they're not alone. SOME TEXTING FAIRLY OFTEN/ Regularly 75 + 5.6% 1.1% 2.6% 45- 54 0.7 OVERALL Laws state by state 10% 20% 30 40n 50N 13.3% 1.0% 21% (6.4% 18.7 Nineteen states and the District of Columbia now ban text messaging for all drivers. Another nine prohibit text messaging by novice drivers. 51.4% WA 6.4% 16.4% MT ND VT 35-44 14.1% MN WI OR 16-19 NY NH MA 22.1% ID SD MI -RI CT NJ WY 45.1% IA PA 38.7% years NE IL N OH ww VA KY UT Co DE MD CA KS MO IN NC AZ DC OK AR MS LA SC GA NM AL AK TX AL HI Legend Source: Governors' Highway Safety Association 22 No laws 20 All drivers Novice drivers only Both novice and school bus drivers Number of States Texting 8X Is That Driver Drunk or Texting? You are 4 times more likely to cause an accident while driving drunk or talking on a cell phone. You are 8 times more likely to cause an accident while texting! Talking on Phone* 4X (.08 BAC)* Drunk 4X Most states consider a person legally intoxicated if his or her Blood Alcohol Content is .08 or greater ** Hand-Held OR Hands-Free Source: The University of Utah 55-64 65 - 74 25-341 Driving While Texting Who is Driving While Texting? Over half of teenage drivers admit to texting or emailing while driving. But they're not alone. SOME TEXTING FAIRLY OFTEN/ Regularly 75 + 5.6% 1.1% 2.6% 45- 54 0.7 OVERALL Laws state by state 10% 20% 30 40n 50N 13.3% 1.0% 21% (6.4% 18.7 Nineteen states and the District of Columbia now ban text messaging for all drivers. Another nine prohibit text messaging by novice drivers. 51.4% WA 6.4% 16.4% MT ND VT 35-44 14.1% MN WI OR 16-19 NY NH MA 22.1% ID SD MI -RI CT NJ WY 45.1% IA PA 38.7% years NE IL N OH ww VA KY UT Co DE MD CA KS MO IN NC AZ DC OK AR MS LA SC GA NM AL AK TX AL HI Legend Source: Governors' Highway Safety Association 22 No laws 20 All drivers Novice drivers only Both novice and school bus drivers Number of States Texting 8X Is That Driver Drunk or Texting? You are 4 times more likely to cause an accident while driving drunk or talking on a cell phone. You are 8 times more likely to cause an accident while texting! Talking on Phone* 4X (.08 BAC)* Drunk 4X Most states consider a person legally intoxicated if his or her Blood Alcohol Content is .08 or greater ** Hand-Held OR Hands-Free Source: The University of Utah 55-64 65 - 74 25-341 Driving While Texting Who is Driving While Texting? Over half of teenage drivers admit to texting or emailing while driving. But they're not alone. SOME TEXTING FAIRLY OFTEN/ Regularly 75 + 5.6% 1.1% 2.6% 45- 54 0.7 OVERALL Laws state by state 10% 20% 30 40n 50N 13.3% 1.0% 21% (6.4% 18.7 Nineteen states and the District of Columbia now ban text messaging for all drivers. Another nine prohibit text messaging by novice drivers. 51.4% WA 6.4% 16.4% MT ND VT 35-44 14.1% MN WI OR 16-19 NY NH MA 22.1% ID SD MI -RI CT NJ WY 45.1% IA PA 38.7% years NE IL N OH ww VA KY UT Co DE MD CA KS MO IN NC AZ DC OK AR MS LA SC GA NM AL AK TX AL HI Legend Source: Governors' Highway Safety Association 22 No laws 20 All drivers Novice drivers only Both novice and school bus drivers Number of States Texting 8X Is That Driver Drunk or Texting? You are 4 times more likely to cause an accident while driving drunk or talking on a cell phone. You are 8 times more likely to cause an accident while texting! Talking on Phone* 4X (.08 BAC)* Drunk 4X Most states consider a person legally intoxicated if his or her Blood Alcohol Content is .08 or greater ** Hand-Held OR Hands-Free Source: The University of Utah 55-64 65 - 74 25-341 Driving While Texting Who is Driving While Texting? Over half of teenage drivers admit to texting or emailing while driving. But they're not alone. SOME TEXTING FAIRLY OFTEN/ Regularly 75 + 5.6% 1.1% 2.6% 45- 54 0.7 OVERALL Laws state by state 10% 20% 30 40n 50N 13.3% 1.0% 21% (6.4% 18.7 Nineteen states and the District of Columbia now ban text messaging for all drivers. Another nine prohibit text messaging by novice drivers. 51.4% WA 6.4% 16.4% MT ND VT 35-44 14.1% MN WI OR 16-19 NY NH MA 22.1% ID SD MI -RI CT NJ WY 45.1% IA PA 38.7% years NE IL N OH ww VA KY UT Co DE MD CA KS MO IN NC AZ DC OK AR MS LA SC GA NM AL AK TX AL HI Legend Source: Governors' Highway Safety Association 22 No laws 20 All drivers Novice drivers only Both novice and school bus drivers Number of States Texting 8X Is That Driver Drunk or Texting? You are 4 times more likely to cause an accident while driving drunk or talking on a cell phone. You are 8 times more likely to cause an accident while texting! Talking on Phone* 4X (.08 BAC)* Drunk 4X Most states consider a person legally intoxicated if his or her Blood Alcohol Content is .08 or greater ** Hand-Held OR Hands-Free Source: The University of Utah 55-64 65 - 74 25-341