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Texting and Driving

Texting and Driving. By Kaden T arbet. Health Triangle.

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Texting and Driving

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  1. Texting and Driving By Kaden Tarbet

  2. Health Triangle Mental: After the accident you may suffer from the anguish of knowing you killed or seriously injured someone for the rest of their life. This anguish is not limited to just you, it involves everyone that is associated with anyone in the accident. Physical: Like any other car crash you could be physically injured in a variety of ways. Examples would range from head injures to major body injuries or even leg and arm injuries. Temporary or life long injuries are examples of physical injuries. Social: People might come to believe that you have a history of bad decisions in your life and lack the ability to be trustworthy when in charge of situations.

  3. Likelihood to Crash You are four times more likely to crash if you are texting. Other related statistics: * in 2009, 5,474 people were killed in the U.s . Because of accidents that involved distracted driving. * research reveals that 46% of drivers under 18 admit to texting while driving. * driver distraction is a factor in 25-to 50% of all car accidents.

  4. from “laurens story” by blondii103, march 6, 2010 • A girl and her two friends were leaving Olive Garden when the driver received a text from a boy she liked. She decided to reply. During texting her level of distraction caused her to drive off the road as she slid and rolled down a hill, killing the parents in the SUV and their 3 month old baby. Also killing Laurens two friends. Lauren is now paralyzed from the waist down and has to deal with killing 5 people for the rest of her life.

  5. STATISTICS IN UNITED STATES 2009 • 61% of teen drivers admit to risky driving habits. • While teenagers are texting, they spend about 10% of the time outside the driving lane they’re supposed to be in. • Talking on a cell phone while driving can make a young driver’s reaction time as slow as a 70-year-old. • Responding to a text takes away your attention for about five seconds. That is enough time to drive a football field. • The under-20 age group had the highest percentage of distracted drivers. • 16% of drivers under 20 years old involved in fatal crashes were distracted while driving. • The 30- to 39-year-old age group had the highest percentage of cell phone use in fatal crashes. • For every six seconds of driving time, a driver sending or receiving a text message spends 4.6 of those seconds with their eyes off the road. • www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.html

  6. Novice-beginner.

  7. Alex’s story truckersteve.org • Alex Brown was texting while driving on a deserted street when she swerved off the road and rolled her pick up several times. She was taken to the nearest hospital where she soon died.

  8. Question 1: How much more are you likely to crash if you texting and driving than driving non distracted. • Answer: 4x more likely

  9. Question 2: How many fatalities happen a year from texting and driving? • Answer: 995

  10. Question 3: What is the definition of novice. • Answer: Beginner.

  11. Question 4: How many deaths a year are from distracted drivers. • Answer: 6,000

  12. I strongly believe that texting while driving should be against the law.

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