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HOW WILL
YOU STOP
TEXTING &
DRIVING?
Out of sight,
out of mind.
When you're in the car, put your
phone where you can't get it.
A place where you won't even
be tempted to look for it. No
phone. No texting.
Find your app.
An app can help you stop texting
and driving. Download your fave
and forget about it in the car.
Silence is golden.
Turn those notifications off. The
less you hear your phone, the
less tempted you'll be to respond
while you're driving.
Designate a texter
Borrow thumbs from a friend. Or
lend yours to a friend. Passengers get the privilege of texting
while in motion.
abusemagazine.org
29 Facts you should
know about texting
while driving
FACT #1
Five seconds is the average time your
eyes are off the road while texting.
When traveling at 55mph, that's
enough time to cover the length of a
football field. (2009, VTTI)
FACT #2
A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into a crash than a non-texting driver. (2009, VTTI)
FACT #3
Of those killed in distracted-driving-related crashes, 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction
(18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes). (2009, NHTSA)
FACT #4
Using a cell phone while driving,
whether it's handheld or hands-free,
delays a driver's reactions as much as
having a blood alcohol concentration
at the legal limit of .08 percent.
FACT #5
20 percent of injury crashes in 2009
involved reports of distracted driving.
(2009, NHTSA)
FACT #6
In 2009, 5,474 people were killed in
U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in motor
vehicle crashes that were reported to
have involved distracted driving.
FACT #7
The age group with the greatest proportion of distracted drivers was the
under-20 age group. 16% of all drivers younger than 20 involved in fatal
crashes were reported to have been
distracted while driving.
FACT #8
Drivers who use hand-held devices
are four times as likely to get into
crashes serious enough to injure
themselves.
FACT #9
49% of drivers with cell phones under the age of 35 send or read text
messages while driving. (2011, Harris
Poll)
FACT #10
60% of drivers use cell phones while
driving. (2011, Harris Poll)