Don't be a statistic!
Facts about Distracted Driving:
• While over 90% of teen drivers say they don't drink and drive, nine out of 10 say they've seen
passengers distracting the driver, or drivers using cell phones.
• An estimated million people each day chat on their mobile or send text messages while driving.
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Distracted driving is the number one killer of American teens. Alcohol-related accidents among teens have dropped. But teenage traffic fatalities have remained unchanged, because distracted driving is on the rise.
• Drivers on mobile phones are more impaired than drivers at .08 BAC.
• Brain power used while driving decreases by 40% when a driver listens to conversation or music.
• More than 80% of drivers admit to blatantly hazardous behavior: changing clothes, steering with a foot, painting nails and shaving.
Click the link to read "Unusual Distracted Driving Habits"
Source:
http://negligentdriving.com/distracted.cfm
Category: Distracted Driving Accidents
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(1) A person operating a moving motor vehicle who, by means of an electronic wireless communications device, sends, reads, or writes a text message, is guilty of a traffic infraction. A person does not send, read, or write a text message when he or she reads, selects, or enters a phone number or name in a wireless communications device for the purpose of making a phone call. See RCW 46.61.668.
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