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by Abigail Cameron
Risky Behavior?Texting&Driving
There are 3 main types of distracted
driving…
Visual – taking your eyes off the road
Manual – taking your hands off the wheel
Cognitive – taking your mind off what you’re doing
Source: US Department of Transportation, Statistics and Facts about Driving
image: ClipArt
Texting is the most alarming because it
involves all 3 types of distraction.Source: US Department of Transportation, Statistics and Facts about Driving
image: Andrea Narita - Flickr
In 2009, 20% of crashes in the United States were reported cases of distracted driving.
Source: US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Of those killed in distracted-driving-related crashes,
18% or 995 involved reports of a cell phone as the distraction.
Source: US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
image: Siebuhr - Flickr
Drivers who use hand-held devices
are 4x as likely to get into crashes
serious enough to injure themselves.
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
image: RiaPereira - Flickr
So…
…Why does 81% of the population
keep texting while
driving? Source: Buzzle.com – Texting while driving statistics
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MULTITASKING
Convenience of texting and driving at the same time –
people become oblivious to the danger.
Image: ashapiro515 - Flickr
ADDICTIONPeople just CAN’T put the phone DOWN.
image: maeva - Flickr
OBLIVIOUSPeople don’t realize how
dangerous it is for
themselves&others.
image: vnduan - Flickr
Studies show that texting deteriorates reaction time more
then getting behind the wheel drunk…
Texting showed a 35% deterioration in
reaction time and 91% decrease in steering ability…
…while driving drunk only showed a
12% deterioration in reaction time.Source: CBC News
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So…If you wouldn’t get behind the wheel drunk…
…Then why would you get behind the wheel and text?
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Solution?
image: Null Photography - Flickr
FINESAre fines really the positive solution to
change the statistics around texting&driving?
Image: Amsterd@m - Filckr
In 2011, 1500 people have been fined $167 for distracted driving in
Vancouver.
image: WestPeak Photography - Flickr
Source: The Globe and Male – Does Texting While Driving make sense to you?
In 2010, almost 17,000 drivers were charged $155 in Toronto.
image: ijustine - Flickr
Source: The Globe and Male – Does Texting While Driving make sense to you?
Even the App campaigns to stop texting while driving in this digital age aren’t
helping.Source: The Globe and Male – Does Texting While Driving make sense to you?
Image: DanielY - Flickr
WHY?
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No one is afraid of being caught!
image: Zi - Flickr
Does Texting&Driving make
sense to you?
image: wbsloan - Flickr
All images are licensed under the Creative Commons Non-
Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 agreement, and sourced from
Flickr.
image: .David Chu - Flickr