texting while driving, or using graduated driver licensingsystems for teen drivers--to help raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving and to keep it fromoccurring.4 However, the effectiveness of cell phone and texting laws on decreasing distracted driving-relatedcrashes requires further ...
"The County of Santa Clara employs approximately 22,000 employees and if each employee discussed the dangers of distracted driving with two friends or family members and they in turn communicate the dangers to two more people and this happened ten times, the message would reach over 45 million ...
More than 95% of all text messages are read within 5 minutes of receipt–whether the person receiving the message is driving or not! Furthermore, 78% of teens and young adults say they have read an SMS message while driving. SMS (Short Message Service) is a text messaging service componen...
A Kansas University professor who has studied distracted driving praised the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendation this week to ban cellphone use while driving. The recommendation, which includes a ban on hands-free devices, is well-supported by research in the field, said Paul Atchl...
Distracted driving is the act of driving while engaged in other activities—such as looking after children, texting, talking on the phone or to a passenger, eating, or reading—that take the driver’s attention away from the road. All distractions compromise the safety of the driver, passengers...
Don’t eat while driving.It’s hard to stay focused on the road ahead if you’re struggling to get the wrapper off that energy bar. Instead, find a safe place to pull off the road to have a snack. Skip the cell phone.Using a phone while driving dramatically increases the risk of an...
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Texting while driving is the most worrisome activity, as it spans all three types ofdriving distractions. According to the NHTSA, sending or reading a text message takes your eyes off the road for five seconds. At fifty-five miles per hour, this is the equivalent of driving the length of ...
Millennials were also twice as likely to send an email or a text message while driving at nearly twice the rate of any other driver. Nearly 12% of millennial drivers felt that it was acceptable to drive up to 10 miles per hour over the speed limit in a school zone while compared with ...
Millennials were alsotwice as likely to send an email or a text message while drivingat nearly twice the rate of any other driver. Nearly 12% of millennial drivers felt that it was acceptable to drive up to 10 miles per hour over the speed limit in a school zone while compared with just...