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Be Aware: The Dangers of Distracted
Driving
.com
May 2018
RIBBON CUTTING
By David B. Peel. Special to THE VIEW 38002
Deaths
from car
crashes,
after
falling for
years, are
up again.
A rise of 6% in just the last
two years!
What has suddenly
changed?
Do you believe cars
themselves, with tons of
airbags and safety features
have suddenly become less
safe?
Do you believe that
roadways have abruptly
become more uneven or
curvy?
So, what has changed?
We have.
The constant presence
of Smart phones, texting
and
dashboard
info-
tainment systems have
distracted us.
You have seen it. Just
count the number of
drivers on their phones that
you see in one day of
driving.
Driving
has
now
become a “part time” job.
It’s not a small
problem:
In 2017, 40,000 people
were killed in car crashes.
Compare that to about
16,000 murdered with a
gun.
We see tragedy in our
office all the time:
• someone posts a selfie
and roars right into
stopped traffic ahead.
• a driver drops his phone
and while looking down
to retrieve it, strikes a
stationery vehicle.
• a lady has her mirror
down and is applying
make up on the
interstate.
• a young lady is
responding to a text and
doesn’t even see the
truck.
• a young man is trying to
scroll to that perfect
song on his phone.
• a mom is trying to reach
back and give the bottle
back to the screaming
child.
I imagine most of us are
guilty of some distraction
at some point.
Just one second of your
attention is all takes to
change a life forever.
Let’s do better.
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