Texting, also known as SMS (for short message service), is on the rise, up from 9.8 billion messages a month in December ’05 to 110.4 billion in December ’08. Undoubtedly, more than a few of those messages are being sent by people driving cars. Is texting while driving a dangerous ...
Learn more about distracted driving. Tips to help your drivers stop texting and driving Texting while driving is one of the most dangerous and common distractions on the road, because it can involve multiple distractions occurring at one time, taking a driver's hands, eyes, and mind off the ...
Although there are many types of distractions drivers face while driving, the most dangerous is texting. Texting is extremely dangerous because it takes the eyes off the road and the hands off the wheel. Drivers continue to receive and send texts while driving. Sending a text or reading a ...
A person is said to be driving aggressively when he/she is endangering another person or their property. OurSt. Louis car accident attorneysfeel that it is important for everyone to understand that aggressive driving can be far more dangerous than we can even imagine. It is extremely important...
Texting is considered one of the most dangerous types of distracted driving. When you send or read a text while behind the wheel, the NHTSA estimates that the act takes a driver’s eyes off the road for five seconds. If your vehicle is traveling at 55 miles per hour, that’s the ...
(1975). It does not, however, explain why the same behavior does not hold for other sources of distraction. Perhaps the focus on handheld devices in public policy and public education has (falsely) led drivers to believe that cellphones are the only dangerous source of distraction in vehicles...
Using a mobile whilst driving is a distraction. And there’s science to prove it. Hundreds of research studies have taken place across the world, all of them, like thisone, proving that using a mobile whilst in control of a car is dangerous.One studyfound that being on the phone increase...
As theEnd Distracted Driving Organization(EndDD) puts it, “distracted driving is any activity that diverts attention away from the primary task of driving.” That’s a lot of potential distractions to dodge while behind the wheel - and while texting and driving is the most dangerous type of ...
Driving while intexticated (the technological DWI) is one of the most dangerous things a driver can do. If you’re in the car with a driver who’s texting, gently remind them that every day 11 teenagers die as a result of texting and driving. All-in-all you’re 23 times more likely...
"Keep your eyes on the road" is the mantra of every driver's education teacher and nervous passenger, but we really don't keep our eyes on the road at all times. And that's not to say that we're engaging in dangerous behavior like texting or changing radio stations while driving ...