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Do not text and drive!

Do not text and drive!. Angelina caporiccio. MAIN POINTS. STATISTICS ACTIVITIES THAT INCREASE RISK OF CRASHING 3 TYPES OF DISTRACTION VIDEO WHAT YOU SHOULD DO!. STATISTICS.

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Do not text and drive!

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  1. Donot text and drive! Angelina caporiccio

  2. MAIN POINTS • STATISTICS • ACTIVITIES THAT INCREASE RISK OF CRASHING • 3 TYPES OF DISTRACTION • VIDEO • WHAT YOU SHOULD DO!

  3. STATISTICS • On average, texting causes drivers to look away from the road for 4.6 seconds. At 55 mph, the vehicle travels the length of an entire football field while the driver isn’t looking. • Drivers who type or read text messages contribute to at least 100,000 crashes each year, leading to thousands of preventable deaths. • In 2009, 5,474 people were killed on U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes that were reported to have involved distracted driving. • Texting while driving increases your chance of a crash by up to 8 to 23 times. • http://lifebeforetext.com/Statistics.html

  4. STATISTICS CONTINUED… • Talking on a cell phone causes nearly 25% of car accidents. • One-fifth of experienced adult drivers in the United States send text messages while driving. • In 2008 almost 6,000 people were killed and a half-million were injured in crashes related to driver distraction. • For every 6 seconds of drive time, a driver sending or receiving a text message spends 4.6 of those seconds with their eyes off the road. This makes texting the most distracting of all cell phone related tasks. • http://lifebeforetext.com/Statistics.html

  5. ACTIVITIES THAT INCREASE RISK OF CRASHING • TEXT MESSAGING MAKES A CRASH UP TO 23X MORE LIKELY • DAILING – 2.8X MORE RISK • TALKING OR LISTENING- 1.3X MORE RISK • REACHING FOR DEVICE- 1.4X MORE RISK • http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/texting-and-driving-stats/

  6. 3 TYPES OF DISTRACTION • VISUAL-EYES OFF THE ROAD • MANUAL- HANDS OFF THE WHEEL • COGNITIVE- MIND OFF THE ROAD • http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/distracted_driving/

  7. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=mjc_0JBlRgE

  8. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO! • PUT THE PHONE DOWN • DO IT FOR YOURSELF AND OTHERS • NO TEXT IS WORTH RISKING YOUR LIFE OR THE LIFE OF OTHERS • STAY SAFE AND ALERT

  9. BOTTOM LINE IS… • JUST DON’T TEXT WHILE DRIVING, YOURE NOT THE ONLY ONE ON THE ROAD.

  10. RECAP • STATISTICS • ACTIVITIES THAT INCREASE RISK OF CRASHING • 3 TYPES OF DISTRATION • VIDEO • HOW SAFE DO YOU FEEL NOW?

  11. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS • AMC6347@PSU.EDU

  12. SOURCES • http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/texting-and-driving-stats/ • http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/distracted_driving/ • http://lifebeforetext.com/Statistics.html

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