Distracted Driving—Criminal, Civil and Social Consequences
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Distracted Driving Basics
Pennsylvania Bar Institute(PBI)
August 2014
Joel Feldman, Esq, MS
Anapol Schwartz
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Driving while engaged in any activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary task of driving.
(SOURCE: Distraction.gov / NHTSA)
What is Distracted Driving?
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→Abbotsford B.C Canada Police Department Video
DISTRACTED DRIVING STATISTICS
2011- A minimum of 3,331 people were killed and 387,000 injured as a result of distracted driving
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Fatal crash rate per mile driven for 16-19 year olds is nearly 3 times the rate for drivers over 20
49% of adults admit to texting while driving compared to 43% for teens
DISTRACTED DRIVING STATISTICS
Using hand–held devices increases driver crash risk four (4) times
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Similar level of impairment for drivers using cell phone as if driving with a BAC of .08
· Manual· Visual· Cognitive
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF DISTRACTION
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→Quebec Bus Driver
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TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
Takes about 4-5 seconds
50 mph = 75 feet per second
4 seconds - the length of “a football field”
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→Producer Alex Emmons for the Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety 2011
Billboards in Alberta ask thisquestion of motorists:
IS YOUR CROTCH DEADLY?
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Driving withSentence Listening
Driving Alone
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→Marcel Just, Ph D. Carnegie Mellon University
Cognitive demands of cell phone use narrows our field of vision
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→Transport Canada
The Distracted Mind Toyota 13
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→Toyota Cognitive Distraction Video
IF WE ARE COGNITIVELY DISTRACTED WILL A BLUE-TOOTH OR VOICE-TO-TEXT FEATURES BE SAFE?
No safety benefit for hands-free versus hand held cell phone use
Voice-to-text technologies are no safer than manual texting.
NSC White Paper March 2010 “Understanding the distracted brain.”
Texas A&M Transportation Institute, April 2013.
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More technology and more
connectivity, but at what price?
Ignoring the science of
cognitive distraction
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→Google founder Sergey Brin poses for a portrait wearing Google Glass glasses.
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AT&T, Tesla and Audi
partnership - 2015 cars
Glenn Lurie, AT&T January 2014
• Will be connected to AT&T wireless
network
• Converting cars from mindless
machines to intelligent gadgets
• Drivers will be able to tweet and
post to Facebook using their voices
Tesla 17-inch Touchscreen
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Joel Feldman, Esq, MS
