Don't text and drive facts

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• In 2011 at least 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones
• If you are traveling 55 MPH this equals driving the lengths of a football field without looking at the road
• 5 seconds is the minimal amount of time you are looking at your phone while texting and driving
• texting and driving makes a crash 23% more likely to happen
• dialing a number 2.8 times more likely to crash
• talking and listening 1.3 times more likely to crash
• reaching for device 1.4 times more likely to crash
• 13% of drivers 18 to 20 years old invalid in car wrecks attempted to text or talk on their model device at the same time of a crash
•  82% of American’s ages 16 to 17 own cell phones
• 52% say they have talked on the cell phone while driving
• 34% say they have texted on the cell phone while driving
• 77% of young adults are very or somewhat confident that they can safely text while driving 
• 55% of young adults driver’s claim that it is easy to text while driving 
• teens who text while driving spend approximately  10% of their driving time outside of their lines 
• 48% of young drivers have seen their parents drive while talking on the phone
• 15% of young drivers have seen their parents text while driving 
• 27% of adults have sent or reserved text message’s while driving
• 48% of kids ages 15 to 17 have been in the car while the driver was texting
• 1 in 5 drivers of all ages confess to surfing the web while driving
• 10 states including DC prohibit all drivers from using all hand hold devices 
• 32 states and DC prohibit novice drivers from cell phone use
• 39 states pulse DC prohibit all drivers from text messaging 
• you can take the pledge to not text and drive at: AT&T don't text and drive, Take the plague don't text and drive
• or Thttps://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/exting While Driving Causes:

1. 1,600,000 accidents per year – National Safety Council
2. 330,000 injuries per year – Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Study
3. 11 teen deaths EVERY DAY – Ins. Institute for Hwy Safety Fatality Facts
4. Nearly 25% of ALL car accidents

Texting While Driving Is:

1. About 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated
2. The same as driving after 4 beers – National Hwy Transportation Safety Admin.
3. The number one driving distraction reported by teen drivers

Texting While Driving:

1. Makes you 23X more likely to crash – National Hwy Transportation Safety Admin.
2. Is the same as driving blind for 5 seconds at a time – VA. Tech Transportation Institute
3. Takes place by 800,000 drivers at any given time across the country
4. Slows your brake reaction speed by 18% – HumanFactors & Ergonomics Society
5. Leads to a 400% increase with eyes off the road