While cell phones are receiving all the “attention” when it comes to distracted driving, statistics show that there is a bigger component contributing to the fatal act of driving distracted, and that is one’s mind. Erie Insurance engaged in a study that analyzed a nationwide census of fatal crashes in the years of 2010 [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
According to one DWI attorney in Houston, the answer is yes. “In 2014, 3,179 people were killed and 431,000 were injured due to car accidents involving distracted drivers and the number is rising every year. Drunk driving claimed 9,967 lives in 2014 and was responsible for only 290,000 injuries, a number that decreases each [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
The Nevada Highway Patrol reported that state troopers issued 11,992 traffic citations to drivers who were engaging in distracted driving cell phone behavior including talking without hands-free technology, texting, reading and all other non-voice-activated communication in 2012. Fortunately, statistics and numbers show that issuing such [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
Distracted driving is any type of action that takes an individual’s attention away from the road and the act of driving. Distracted driving puts everyone on the road in danger. Some of the most common types of distracted driving include: texting and driving, eating while driving, grooming and driving, talking to passengers, cell [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
Upon the introduction of smartphones and increased multi-tasking behavior, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is calling distracted driving an epidemic. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation 3,092 people died and 416,000 were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2010. Distracted driving [...]
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Seven California students learned first-hand the dangers of distracted driving. In the first time event put together by St. Joseph Health of Sonoma County and other sponsors, students from all around Sonoma were invited to participate in distracted driving experiements. The tests were simple time trail courses and basic lane changing [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
Distracted driving occurs any time a driver takes their eyes off the road, hands off the wheel or mind off the task of driving. Drivers engage in secondary tasks during more of half of their time spent driving – an action that is a factor in more than one million national car crashes and 16% […]
Kiernan Hopkins
While pedestrian injuries are in decline across the board, a recent study shows an alarming hike in accidents involving pedestrians between the ages of 16 and 19. The study comes from the Washington based non-profit organization Safe Kids Worldwide. The findings show a 25% increase between 2006-2010 when compared to 2001-2005. The study [...]
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Distracted driving laws in California have effectively created more aware drivers and safer roads over the past two years. Now, State Senator and father of California’s distracted driving laws, Joe Simitian is pushing for harsher punishments. Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the second plan in two years that would increase distracted [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
So sometimes statistics and typical bar graphs can be easy to forget or even boring, so we decided to put together an infographic on the dangers of distracted driving. Click the image if you would
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