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Distracted Driving

Distracted Driving. NAME Prosecuting Attorney. Common Traffic Issues. Intoxicated Driving Over The Limit, Under Arrest Safety Belts Click It or Ticket Mobilization Child Safety Restraints Running Red Lights Distracted Driving. National Alarming Facts.

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Distracted Driving

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  1. Distracted Driving NAME Prosecuting Attorney

  2. Common Traffic Issues • Intoxicated Driving • Over The Limit, Under Arrest • Safety Belts • Click It or Ticket Mobilization • Child Safety Restraints • Running Red Lights • Distracted Driving

  3. National Alarming Facts • Distracted driving - including the use of cell phones - is a major contributor to traffic crashes. At least a quarter of all crashes are caused by distracted driving. • In 2011, hand-held phone use rate translated into 800,000 vehicles on the road at any given daylight moment being driven by someone talking on a hand-held cell phone. • Obviously, drivers are distracted when they take their hands off the wheel or their eyes off the road. Drivers can be distracted talking on the phone, eating a sandwich in the car, or having a conversation with a passenger.

  4. Alarming Facts In the most recent study of drivers: • 40% of all teens say they have been in a car when the driver was using a cell phone in a way that put people in danger. • Text messaging creates a crash risk 23 times worse than driving while not distracted. • Drivers who use hand held devices are 4 times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves.

  5. Alarming Facts In the most recent study of drivers: • Sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the equivalent at 55 mph of driving the length of an entire football field BLIND. • Headset cell phone use is NOT substantially safer than hand held use. • Driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37%.

  6. Alarming Facts • The under-20 age group had the highest proportion of distracted drivers involved in fatal crashes (16%). The age group with the next greatest proportion of distracted drivers was the 20- to-29-year-old age group – 13 percent of all 20-to-29-year-old drivers in fatal crashes were reported to have been distracted. • Of those drivers reportedly distracted during a fatal crash, the 30-to-39-year-old drivers were the group with the greatest proportion distracted by cell phones. Cell phone distraction was reported for 24 percent of the 30-to-39-year-old distracted drivers in fatal crashes.

  7. Alarming Facts • Using a cell phone use while driving, whether it’s hand-held or hands-free, delays a driver's reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent.

  8. Alarming Facts • Light-truck drivers and motorcyclists had the greatest percentage of total drivers reported as distracted at the time of the fatal crash (12% each). • Bus drivers had the lowest percentage (6%) of total drivers involved in fatal crashes that were reported as distraction-related.

  9. Alarming Facts • The percentage of drivers visibly manipulating hand-held devices while driving was higher among females (0.7%) than among males (0.5%). • The proportion of fatalities reportedly associated with driver distraction increased from 10 percent in 2005 to 16 percent in 2009. During that time, fatal crashes with reported driver distraction also increased from 10 percent to 16 percent. • The portion of drivers reportedly distracted at the time of the fatal crashes increased from 7 percent in 2005 to 11 percent in 2009.

  10. Michigan Distracted Drivers 2012

  11. Michigan Distracted Drivers-Cell Phones 2012

  12. Distracted Driving Quiz When driving, do you use a cell phone? • Rarely/never • Yes, hand-held • Yes, hands-free • Yes, often talk on the phone and at the same time do things like eat, read, drink, smoke or write.

  13. Distracted Driving Quiz How long can you safely look away from the road? • 1 second • 2 seconds • 3 seconds • 4 seconds • 5 seconds

  14. Distracted Driving Quiz When driving are you: • Usually relaxed • Often running late but not stressed about it • Often running late and anxious to make up time

  15. Distracted Driving Quiz Describe your normal driving routine? • I have a long commute • I often drive in congested traffic • I often have more than one passenger • I often have children in the car • I often have a pet in the car • None of the above

  16. Distracted Driving Quiz What is your age? • 16-25 • 26-54 • 55-69 • 70 plus

  17. Distracted Driving Quiz What do you do in dense traffic? • Try to follow the car right in front of me • Maintain a safe following distance, even if cars have to cut in front of me • Try to avoid driving during peak traffic

  18. Distracted Driving Quiz You’re driving and your cell phone rings, what do you do? • I always answer it when it rings • I only answer it when it is safe to do so • I don’t own a cell phone or I leave it turned off

  19. Distracted Driving Quiz What do you regularly do while you drive? (Check all that apply) • Adjust temperature/radio and other controls • Adjust mirrors, seat or seatbelt • Change cassettes or CDs • Eat, brush hair, apply makeup or shave • Read • None of the above

  20. Distracted Driving Quiz What is the farthest you will reach for something while driving? • Drink Holder • Passenger seat • Glove box • Floor • Back seat or floor

  21. Distracted Driving Quiz When you drive, do you: • Often listen to music or the radio • Often listen to books on tape • Sometimes get so caught up in conversation or whatever you are listening to that you get lost or miss an exit • None of the above

  22. Distracted Driving Quiz SCORING KEY • 0 - 110 points: • 111 - 190 points: • 191 or Higher: RISK RATING • Low distraction risk • Moderate distraction risk • High distraction risk

  23. Driver Attention

  24. Distracting Activities (Percentage)

  25. What to do. . . . • Drivers are distracted when they take their minds off driving - when they're thinking about things other than the road in front of them and the vehicles around them. • Remember the basics. Pay attention to what you are doing while driving.

  26. What to do. . . • Remember that driving is a complicated task requiring a person’s full attention. • If using a cell phone, do it when pulled over and stopped. • If you observe others being distracted, do not become agitated. You are only responsible for yourself.

  27. What to do. . . • Allow plenty of travel time. • Preset your climate control and radio. • Put reading material in the trunk. • Don’t have a stressful or emotional. conversation with passengers. • Time distractions for the least intense parts of a drive.

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