Using cellphones while driving

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Video - Text Messaging Car Accident

here are the facts.

Teen Driver Cell Phone and Texting Statistics

•Despite the risks, the majority of teen drivers ignore cell phone driving restrictions.
•Talking on a cell phone while driving can make a young driver's reaction time as slow as that of a 70-year-old.
•56% of teenagers admit to talking on their cell phones behind the wheel, while 13% admit to texting while driving. (Note: Because this information was given voluntarily by teens, actual cell phone use numbers may be much higher.)
•48% of young Americans from 12-17 say they've been in a car while the driver was texting.
•52% of 16- and 17-year-old teen drivers confess to making and answering cell phone calls on the road. 34% admit to text messaging while driving.
•In 2007, driver distractions, such as using a cell phone or text messaging, contributed to nearly 1,000 crashes involving 16- and 17-year-old drivers.
•Over 60% of American teens admit to risky driving, and nearly half of those that admit to risky driving also admit to text messaging behind the wheel.
•Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage. This result has been expected to grow as much as 4% every year.
•Almost 50% of all drivers between the ages of 18 and 24 are texting while driving.
•Over one-third of all young drivers, ages 24 and under, are texting on the road.
•Teens say that texting is their number one driver distraction.

Cell Phones, Text Messaging, and Car Accident Information for All Drivers

•Talking on a cell phone causes nearly 25% of car accidents.
•One-fifth of experienced adult drivers in the United States send text messages while driving.
•In 2008 almost 6,000 people were killed and a half-million were injured in crashes related to driver distraction.
•At any given time during daylight hours in 2008, more than 800,000 vehicles were driven by someone using a hand-held cell phone.
•4 out of every 5 accidents (80%) are attributed to distracted drivers. In contrast, drunk drivers account for roughly 1 out of 3 (33%) of all accidents nationally.
•Texting while driving is about 6 times more likely to result in an accident than driving while intoxicated.
•People who text while driving are 23% more likely to be in a car accident.
•A study of dangerous driver behavior released in January 2007 by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. found that of 1,200 surveyed drivers, 73% talk on cell phones while driving. The same 2007 survey found that 19% of motorists say they text message while driving.
•In 2005, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that 10% of drivers are on handheld or hands free cell phones at any given hour of the day.
•A study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Motorists found that motorists who use cell phones while driving are four times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves.
•In 2002, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis calculated that 2,600 people die each year as a result of using cellphones while driving. They estimated that another 330,000 are injured.
•According to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, drivers talking on cell phones are 18% slower to react to brake lights. They also take 17% longer to regain the speed they lost when they braked
•Of cell phone users that were surveyed, 85% said they use their phones occasionally when driving, 30% use their phones while driving on the highway, and 27% use them during half or more of the trips they take.
•84% of cell phone users stated that they believe using a cell phone while driving increases the risk of being in an accident.
•The majority of Americans believe that talking on the phone and texting are two of the most dangerous behaviors that occur behind the wheel. Still, as many as 81% of drivers admit to making phone calls while driving.
•The number of crashes and near-crashes linked to dialing is nearly identical to the number associated with talking or listening. Dialing is more dangerous but occurs less often than talking or listening.
•Studies have found that texting while driving causes a 400% increase in time spent with eyes off the road.

Study Reveals the Dangers of Texting While Driving
The following statistics come from a study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI):

•Of all cell phone related tasks - including talking, dialing, or reaching for the phone - texting while driving is the most dangerous.
•Teen drivers are four times more likely than adults to get into car crashes or near crash events directly related to talking on a cell phone or texting.
•A car driver dialing a cell phone is 2.8 times more likely to get into a crash than a non-distracted driver.
•A driver reaching for a cell phone or any other electronic device is 1.4 times more likely to experience a car crash.
•A car driver talking on their phone is 1.3 times more likely to get into an accident.
•A truck driver texting while driving is 23.2 times more likely to get into an accident than a trucker paying full attention to the road.
•A truck driver dialing a cell is 5.9 times more likely to crash.
•A trucker reaching for a phone or other device is 6.7 times more likely to experience a truck accident.
•For every 6 seconds of drive time, a driver sending or receiving a text message spends 4.6 of those seconds with their eyes off the road. This makes texting the most distracting of all cell phone related tasks.

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http://www.nsc.org/safety_road/Distr...l(5-25-10).pdf

[SIZE=2]Summary[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]In January 2004, at 4:00 p.m., in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a 20-year-old woman ran a red light while talking on a cell phone. The driver’s vehicle slammed into another vehicle crossing with the green light directly in front of her. The vehicle she hit was not the first car through the intersection, it was the third or fourth. The police investigation determined the driver never touched her brakes and was traveling 48 mph when she hit the other vehicle. The crash cost the life of a 12-year-old boy. Witnesses told investigators that the driver was not looking down, not dialing the phone, or texting. She wasobserved looking straight out the windshield talking on her cell phone as she sped past four cars and a school bus stopped in the other south bound lane of traffic. Researchers have called this crash a classic case of inattention blindness caused by the cognitive distraction of a cell phone conversation.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2]Vision is the most important sense for safe driving. Yet, drivers using hands-free phones (and those using handheld phones) have a tendency to "look at" but not "see" objects. Estimates indicate that drivers using cell phones look but fail to see up to 50 percent of the information in their driving environment.[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=1][SIZE=1]1 [/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]Distracted drivers experience what researchers call inattention blindness, similar to that of tunnel vision. Drivers are looking out the windshield, but they do not process everything in the roadway environment that they must know to effectively monitor their surroundings, seek and identify potential hazards, and respond to unexpected situations.[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]Today there are more than 28[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]5.6 [/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]million wireless subscribers in the U.S. And although public sentiment appears to be turning against cell phone use while driving, many admit they regularly talk or text while driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 11 percent of all drivers at any given time are using cell phones, and the National Safety Council estimates more than one in four motor vehicle crashes involve cell phone use at the time of the crash.[/SIZE][/SIZE]
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[SIZE=2]Cell phone driving has become a serious public health threat. A few states have passed legislation making it illegal to use a handheld cell phone while driving. These laws give the false impression that using a hands-free phone is safe. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=2]The driver responsible for the above crash was on the phone with her church where she volunteered with children the age of the young boy who lost his life as the result of her phone call. She pled guilty to negligent homicide and the lives of two families were terribly and permanently altered. Countless numbers of similar crashes continue everyday.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=2]This paper will take an in-depth look at why hands-free cell phone use while driving is dangerous. It is intended that this information will provide background and context for lawmakers and employers considering legislation and policies.[/SIZE]
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http://www.nsc.org/safety_road/Distr...d_driving.aspx

Even on important phone calls . . . just pull over.

[pol3]

Ito yung lagi ko paalala sa wife ko e. She is in sales and she is always on the road. Sa company nila pinagyayabang pa ng ibang sales executives their ability to eat, text and receive phone calls while driving. Skill daw yon sabi ng mga baliw. No matter how I tell them na dangerous yon ayaw makinig kasi pag-client daw o kaya boss nila ang tumawag kailangan daw sagutin nila. Once while I was riding with them, the driver received 5 calls from Calamba to Alabang exit. Grabe the whole of SLEX naka cellphone sya. Tapos tuwang tuwa pa kesyo nasolve daw nya problem ng client nya before reaching Alabang. E kaya ba bayaran ng client ang buhay nila o buhay na idadamay nila? Sarap pagbabatukan.

Minsan naman yung kasama ko habang nakapila sa tollgate e nagtetext, tapos nung sya na ang nakatapat sa teller ang sabi ba naman nya sa teller e "half-rice lang miss"!. Akala nya nakapila sya sa cafeteria. Ganun sya na-absent minded sa katetext nya. While driving the car yun!

[renzo_d10]

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Ano ? Half rice ? :bwahaha:

[OldSchoolHack]

add to drivers who use cell phones while driving those pedestrians who walk and cross while using their cell phones.

ang sarap batukan.

[Type 100]

add to drivers who use cell phones while driving those pedestrians who walk and cross while using their cell phones.

ang sarap batukan.

Amen.

The best they could do is stay on a sidewalk and delay crossing until they're done with their phones.

[TholitzReloaded]

Amen.

The best they could do is stay on a sidewalk and delay crossing until they're done with their phones.

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[locoroco777]

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Ano ? Half rice ? :bwahaha:

Half Rice FTW!! :bwahaha: pero kahit gano nakakatawa delikado parin talaga....

[digitel]

Buti hindi sumagot yung teller, dine in o take out?:mcdo: Ahahahaha! What in the world is the driver thinking? hahaha!

In short, don't use your cellphones while driving(unless you will use it as GPS hahaha, pero mabagal GPS sa phone.), mali yung don't text and drive, kasi hindi nga naman sila magtetext, tatawag naman sila.

[renzo_d10]

those pedestrians who walk and cross while using their cell phones.

Yeah. Bigla nalang sila magugulat kapag binusinahan mo tapos sila pa galit.

Eh ubod ba naman sila ng bagal maglakad eh.