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Understanding the Consequences of Distracted Driving

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Understanding the Consequences of Distracted Driving

By: Patricia Clark

Most drivers don't really understand the consequences of distracted driving. After all, statistics tell us that when you glance at an incoming text, or thumb type a quick reply, you're only looking away from the road for 5 seconds. What can happen in such a tiny amount of time?

You can drive from goal post to goal post on a football field at 55 mph -- essentially blind -- elevating your risk of hitting something or someone by 23 times.

Data compiled by the Center for Disease Control indicates 15 people die every day and more than 1,200 suffer varying degrees of injury directly related to the behavior of a distracted driver. In fact, driver distraction may be more dangerous than driving while intoxicated. In actuality, the two things are virtually identical. Even if you're using an ear piece to talk on the phone while you're driving, your level of impairment is equal to a .08 percent blood alcohol content.

More than half of U.S. drivers aged 18-29 told the CDC surveyors that they had sent email or texted a minimum of one time in the month prior to the study. Twenty-five percent admitted such behavior was normal for them while driving, which means they take their hands off the wheel, their eyes off the road, and their attention off their driving routinely.

Drivers age 20 and under represent the highest motorist risk group to be involved in a fatal accident. Given that fact, the element of distracted driving in their "normal" behavior is especially frightening. Such concerns are fueling a growing call for a federal ban on in-car cell phone use, with many states already having some degree of regulation in effect. Since 2010, commercial drivers, for instance, have been sanctioned against texting by order of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Additionally, Ray LaHood, U.S. Transportation Secretary, would like to see a complete cell phone ban enacted nationwide for all drivers.

How many Americans would such a ban effect? Roughly half of U.S. citizens have smartphones, and use them daily to send trillions of text messages -- 200 trillion to be exact. The average teen hits the send button on a text 3,339 times a month. Most industry analysts agree texting is fast outstripping voice calls as the primary means of communication on these handheld devices. That does not mean, however, that the right setting to use this technology is in a moving vehicle where the price you may pay for that "LOL" is your life or the life of the person you hit.

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Patricia Clark is a freelance writer and researcher. For more information on her editorical services, please visit WritePLR.com and WrittenWordConsultants.com.

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