stop the texts
STOP THE TEXTS . STOP THE WRECKS .
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 .
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 55 mph , that ’ s enough time to cover the length of a football field .
FACT # 2
A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into a crash than a non-texting driver .
FACT # 3
Of those killed in distracted-drivingrelated crashes , 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction ( 18 % of fatalities in distraction-related crashes ).
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 .
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 .
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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 .
18 | Illinois Spring / Summer 2013 | abusemagazine . org Source : stoptextsstopwrecks . org /