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Driving While Distracted

Driving While Distracted . NTEPS September 24, 2009. Distracted Driving. Accounts for almost 80% of all vehicle crashes in the United States (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) A Survey of 1,200 driving Americans found that: 83% believe they are safe drivers.

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Driving While Distracted

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  1. Driving While Distracted NTEPS September 24, 2009

  2. Distracted Driving • Accounts for almost 80% of all vehicle crashes in the United States (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) • A Survey of 1,200 driving Americans found that: • 83% believe they are safe drivers. • 59% don’t consider themselves as distracted drivers. • 73% talk on cell phones while driving. • 16% drive below the speed limit. • 48% admit they have driven a certain distance without recalling it. • The truth is that driving is the single most dangerous thing most of us will do on any given day.

  3. Why all the attention now? • Explosion in cell phone use. • New technologies (navigation systems, traveler information systems, etc.) • Greater complexity of “old” technologies (radios, sound systems, vehicle displays, etc). • People spending more time in cars. Cell Phone usage in the US has increased from 34 million to 203 million in the last ten years.

  4. Complacency. The more we know about a risk, the less it threatens us. Driving Derrickhand It is the most difficult state of being to deal with. Others include: Rushing Frustration Fatigue Depression Illness Fear We must work on our habits.

  5. New Issue or Old? 1913 1930 1954 1983 1996 2009 Radios Mobile Phones Email / Internet Windshield Wipers Drive-Up Windows Navigation Systems

  6. Distractions you cannot control. • Other Drivers. • Pressuring you to drive faster by tailgating aggressive driving or weaving through traffic. • Avoiding obstacles in their path (swerving into your lane). • Emergency Vehicles. • Fire, Police & Ambulance (flashing lights & sirens). • The Unexpected. • Animals & Wildlife.

  7. All too typical.

  8. Driver Distraction Example.Eating or drinking.

  9. Driver Distraction Example.Adjusting the radio or climate control.

  10. Driver Distraction Example. “Rubbernecking”

  11. Driver Distraction Example.Using a GPS.

  12. Driver Distraction Example.Using a Computer.

  13. Driver Distraction Example.Using a Cell Phone.

  14. Driver Distraction Example.DWI

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