DISTRACTED DRIVING CAUSES ACCIDENTS EVERY DAY
Distracted Driving can be extremely dangerous, costly, and potentially fatal. Distracted driving causes 9 deaths and over 1000 injuries every single day, along with $40 Billion of damage every year.
You may not think you drive distracted, but there are different ways of driving distracted that you haven’t considered!
TYPES OF DISTRACTIONS
Traffic safety experts classify 3 types of Distractions: Manual, Visual, and Cognitive:
- Manual distractions are those that cause you to move your hands from the wheel
- Visual distractions are where you focus your eyes away from the road
- Cognitive distraction is when your mind wanders from the task of driving
Texting and cell phone use is the most common and dangerous type of distraction, but eating and drinking, pets, children, following directions, listening to the radio, taking photos, these can all be distracting in more than one of the above categories.
OTHER IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT DISTRACTED DRIVING
Cell phone Users are 5.36 times more likely to get into an accident than non-distracted drivers.
Text messaging increases the chances of a crash by 2300%.
Texting makes a driver as impaired as a person with .08% blood alcohol.
Sending or responding to a text takes your eyes off the road for 5 seconds, the amount of time it takes to drive an entire football field at 55 mph.
Do your part to help yourself and others stay safe, and not drive distracted. And if you or your loved ones have been injured in an accident caused by a distracted driver, or your property or vehicle has incurred damages, contact us today.