2. TEXTING AND DRIVING

3. TEXTING AND DRIVING (1)
Did you know?
• 2011, at least 23% of auto collisions involved cell phones
…….that’s 1.3 million crashes
• 13% of drivers age 18-20 involved in car wrecks agreed to
texting or talking on their phones while the crash
happened
• 5 seconds is the minimal amount of time your attention is
off the road.
Fun Fact: If you’re traveling
at 55 mph, this equals driving
the length of a football field
without looking at the road

4. TEXTING AND DRIVING (2)
Talking or
Listening :
1.3.X more risk
Dialing:
2.8X more risk
Reaching for
Device
1.4X more risk
Text
Messaging
Make a
crash up to
23X more
likely

5. (1) IS IT A PROBLEM?
• 77% of young adults
are very or somewhat
confident that they
can safely text while
driving.
• 55% of young adult
drivers claim its easy
to text while they drive
• Teens who text while
driving spend
approximately 10% of
their driving time
outside of their lane

6. (2) IS IT A PROBLEM?
52% say
they have
talked on a
cell phone
while driving

7. OTHER ISSUES
48% of kids age
12-17 have been
in a car while the
driver was texting
48% of young
drivers have seen
their parents drive
while talking on
their cell phones
15% of young
drivers have
seen their
parents while
driving
27% of adults
have sent or
received text
messages while
driving.

8. TEXTING AND DRIVING MYTHS
• 77% of young adults drivers
are confident that they can
safely text while driving.
• 55% of young adult drivers
agree that it’s easy to text
and pay attention to driving
at the same time
• 35% of teens who drive while
distracted don’t think they’ll
get hurt.

9. HOW THEY DO IT?
 1 in 5 drivers of all ages confess to surfing the web while driving.
Reading a text is safer than composing and sending one
They hold the phone near the windshield “for better visibility”
They increase following distance
They text only at a stop sign or red light

10. LAWS:
• In U.S.
• 10 states prohibit all drivers from using
handheld cell phones
• 32 states prohibit novice drivers from cell
phone use
• 39 states prohibit all drivers from text
messaging
• Canada& Netherlands
• Banned both talking on hand-held phones and
texting while driving.
• Germany
• Banned any use of a mobile phone is
forbidden as long as the vehicle's engine is
running.
• United kingdom
• Any use of a hand-held mobile phone or
similar device while driving, or supervising a
learner driver, is illegal

11. EDUCATION
One project in Belgium tricked teen drivers into thinking that in order to
pass their driving test, they had to be able to successfully text and drive
in a safe environment.
Reaction from the students:
• “If this becomes law, I’ll stop driving”
• “It’s impossible.”
• “What you're asking is dangerous”
• “People will die”
• “Honestly, I fell like an idiot who
can’t drive”

12. WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Drive cam
• monitors a driver’s activity and provides real-time feedback with video
• AT&T Drive Mode
• free anti-texting and driving mobile app for Android 7 Black berry
• Text-free-driving
• teens and parents can also take the text-free-driving pledge:
textinganddriving.com
• Give Clear Instructions
• Give clear instructions about texting and driving. Let them know that it is a
risk when they text and drive.
• Lead by Example
• Always take precaution when driving. Wear a seat belt and never text and
drive.
• Become informed and be active
• Set rules and allows be informed when new laws become available.

13. SEAT BELTS

14. SEAT BELTS (1)
• Traffic accidents kill about 50,00 American every year and seriously
injured another 3.5 million.
• Drivers and passengers in a small cars are about 2 times more likely to
war seat belts as drivers and passengers in large cars.
• Car crashes are the leading casue of child deaths in the United States.
The motor vehicle death rate for children under six months old is
9/100,000 people.
• The motor vehicle death rate for youngsters 6 through 12 is about
3/100,00.

15. SEAT BELTS (2)
Deaths of motor vehicle occupants have occurred at speeds low
as 12 mph, about the speed you might drive in a supermarket
parking lot.
About 75% of
motor vehicle
accidents occur
within 25 miles of
home
An NTSA report
reveals that only
about 35% of child
seat are properly
used.

16. STUDIES SHOW
The driver of a vehicle
traveling 60 mph brakes,
wearing a seat belt can
increase the chances of
survivability
80% of unbelted has 3X
greater risk than belted
drivers

17. EXCUSES
• One excuse for not buckling up on city
streets is the belief that non-highway
collisions aren’t as serious.
• An excuse for not buckling up on the
highway is that collision at 60 mph or
more are usually not survivable, whether
or not occupants are buckled up.
• Another excuse for not buckling up is
that “My seat belt doesn’t work, so I don’t
wear it.” Sometimes this excuse is
caused by a misunderstanding of the
mechanics of seat belts which permit
freedom of movement under ordinary
conditions but lock in an emergency.
(Test this by trying to pull the belt out of
the retracting unit during a controlled
quick stop.)

18. SEAT BELTS LAWS
• In U.S
• 49 states and the District of Columbia have mandatory seat belt laws
• 31 states have primary enforcement of seat belt laws, meaning police can
stop vehicles and write citations for failure to buckle up.
• 18 states have secondary enforcement, meaning police can issue a seat belt
citation only after a vehicle is stopped fro another reason.
• All states have child seat belt laws
• Australia
• the use of seat belts by all vehicle passengers is necessary
• Canada
• primary enforcement seat belts laws
• Unite Kingdom
• set belts must be worn at all times if they are fitted to a vehicle

19. DRINKING AND DRIVING

20. DRINKING AND DRIVING (1)
30 people in the U.S. die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol
impaired driver
The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $51 billion.
Over 1.4 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of
alcohol

21. BIG PROBLEM
10, 228 people
were killed in
alcohol-impaired
driving crashes
of 211 child passengers
ages 14 and younger
who died in alcohol-
impaired crashers
of the 1,210 traffic
deaths among
children ages 0-14
years

22. WHO IS MOST AT RISK? (1)
• Young people:
• At all levels of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) , the risk of being involved
in a crash is greater for young people than for older people
• Among drivers with blood alcohol concentration of 0.08% or higher involved in
fatal crashes
• Motorcyclists:
• Killed in fatal crashes 28% had BACs OF 0.08% or greater
• Drivers with prior driving while impaired (DWI):
• Drivers with a BAC of 0.08% or higher involved in fatal crashes were 4x more
likely

23. WHO IS MOST AT RISK? (2)
1.4X more likely than a sober
person
0.08% BAC 4X more risk
0.15 BAC 380X more risk
0.10 BAC 48X more risk

24. SAFETY STEPS
• Whenever you social plans
involve alcohol, make plans so
that you don’t have to drive
after drinking. For example:
• Prior to any drinking, designate
a non-drinking driver when with
a group.
• Don’t let your friends drive
impaired. Take their keys away.
• If you have been drinking, get a
ride home or call a taxi.
• If you’re hosting a party where
alcohol will be served, remind
your guests to plan ahead and
designate their sober driver;
offer alcohol-free beverages;
and make sure all guests leave
with a sober driver.

25. ROAD RAGE

26. ROAD RAGE (1)
• Aggressive Driving:
• The commission of two or more moving
violations that is likely to endanger other
persons or property, or any single
intentional violation that requires a
defensive reaction of another driver.”
• Road Rage:
• An assault with a motor vehicle or other
dangerous weapon by the operator or
passenger of one motor vehicle on the
operator or passengers of another motor
vehicle caused by an incident that occurred
on a roadway.

27. HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM?
250,00 people have died in traffic since 1990.
2/3 of these deaths are least partially cause by aggressive driving
66% of all annual traffic fatalities are caused by aggressive driving actions
Estimated 20 million injuries: 12,610 caused by aggressive driving.
51% increase in aggressive driving incidents.
37% involved the use of
firearm
28% involved other weapons
35% involved the use of a car as
a weapon

28. AGGRESSIVE DRIVING& ROAD RAGE SYMPTOMS
• Mentally condemning or thought of violence toward other drivers
• Verbally expressing condemnation of other drivers to passengers in you
vehicle.
• Not obeying traffic safety rules because you don’t agree with them
• Engage in aggressive and risky driving:
• Following too close
• Speeding
• Weaving in and out of traffic
• Speeding up to beat a traffic light
• Cutting between vehicles to change lanes
• Using the horn excessively
• Flashing headlights excessively at oncoming traffic
• Braking to get others to back off your bumper
• Passing another driver, then slowing to teach them a lesson

29. SAFETY TIPS
• Allow plenty of time for the trip, listen to soothing music, improve the
comfort in your vehicle, and understand that you cannot control the
traffic, only your reaction to it.
• Be polite and courteous, even if the other driver is not
• When entering traffic or changing lanes, make sure that you have
enough room
• Don’t make aggressive hand gestures to the other drivers when they
offend you with their driving
• Signal when turning or changing lanes
• Control your anger
• Avoid prolonged eye contact with the bad or angry driver
• Put yourself in the other driver’s shoes

31. WORK CITES:
http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/texting-and-driving-stats
http://bottarolaw.com/wp/infographics/texting-and-driving-myths/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texting_while_driving#Laws_by_location
http://bubbasaveslives.org/seat-belt-statistics/
http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-
drv_factsheet.html
http://www.wsp.wa.gov/traveler/roadrage.htm