Texting and Driving

Texting and Driving 

What are text messages?

Text messages are brief messages which are often limited
to 160 characters and can be sent from one cell phone to another.

 

 

 What Is Distracted Driving?

• Visual — taking your eyes off the road
• Manual — taking your hands off the wheel
• Cognitive — taking your mind off what you’re doing

Statistics

• Distraction from cell phone use while driving (hand held or hands free) extends a driver's reaction as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent
• Drivers that use cell phones are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves
• 10 percent of drivers aged 16 to 24 years old are on their phone at any one time
• Driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37 percent
• Percentage of drivers visibly manipulating hand-held devices while driving was higher among females (0.7%) than among males (0.5%) 

http://texting-while-driving.org
http://betanews.com
http://www.nationwide.com/newsroom/dwd-facts-figures.jsp
http://www.distraction.gov/stats-and-facts/index.html