Text Messaging Car Accident

[trev0006]

Public service massage is way to graphic.


Video - Text Messaging Car Accident


here are the facts.


Teen Driver Cell Phone and Texting Statistics


•Despite the risks, the majority of teen drivers ignore cell phone driving restrictions.
•Talking on a cell phone while driving can make a young driver's reaction time as slow as that of a 70-year-old.
•56% of teenagers admit to talking on their cell phones behind the wheel, while 13% admit to texting while driving. (Note: Because this information was given voluntarily by teens, actual cell phone use numbers may be much higher.)
•48% of young Americans from 12-17 say they've been in a car while the driver was texting.
•52% of 16- and 17-year-old teen drivers confess to making and answering cell phone calls on the road. 34% admit to text messaging while driving.
•In 2007, driver distractions, such as using a cell phone or text messaging, contributed to nearly 1,000 crashes involving 16- and 17-year-old drivers.
•Over 60% of American teens admit to risky driving, and nearly half of those that admit to risky driving also admit to text messaging behind the wheel.
•Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage. This result has been expected to grow as much as 4% every year.
•Almost 50% of all drivers between the ages of 18 and 24 are texting while driving.
•Over one-third of all young drivers, ages 24 and under, are texting on the road.
•Teens say that texting is their number one driver distraction.


Cell Phones, Text Messaging, and Car Accident Information for All Drivers


•Talking on a cell phone causes nearly 25% of car accidents.
•One-fifth of experienced adult drivers in the United States send text messages while driving.
•In 2008 almost 6,000 people were killed and a half-million were injured in crashes related to driver distraction.
•At any given time during daylight hours in 2008, more than 800,000 vehicles were driven by someone using a hand-held cell phone.
•4 out of every 5 accidents (80%) are attributed to distracted drivers. In contrast, drunk drivers account for roughly 1 out of 3 (33%) of all accidents nationally.
•Texting while driving is about 6 times more likely to result in an accident than driving while intoxicated.
•People who text while driving are 23% more likely to be in a car accident.
•A study of dangerous driver behavior released in January 2007 by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. found that of 1,200 surveyed drivers, 73% talk on cell phones while driving. The same 2007 survey found that 19% of motorists say they text message while driving.
•In 2005, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that 10% of drivers are on handheld or hands free cell phones at any given hour of the day.
•A study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Motorists found that motorists who use cell phones while driving are four times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves.
•In 2002, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis calculated that 2,600 people die each year as a result of using cellphones while driving. They estimated that another 330,000 are injured.
•According to the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, drivers talking on cell phones are 18% slower to react to brake lights. They also take 17% longer to regain the speed they lost when they braked
•Of cell phone users that were surveyed, 85% said they use their phones occasionally when driving, 30% use their phones while driving on the highway, and 27% use them during half or more of the trips they take.
•84% of cell phone users stated that they believe using a cell phone while driving increases the risk of being in an accident.
•The majority of Americans believe that talking on the phone and texting are two of the most dangerous behaviors that occur behind the wheel. Still, as many as 81% of drivers admit to making phone calls while driving.
•The number of crashes and near-crashes linked to dialing is nearly identical to the number associated with talking or listening. Dialing is more dangerous but occurs less often than talking or listening.
•Studies have found that texting while driving causes a 400% increase in time spent with eyes off the road.



Study Reveals the Dangers of Texting While Driving
The following statistics come from a study conducted by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI):



•Of all cell phone related tasks - including talking, dialing, or reaching for the phone - texting while driving is the most dangerous.
•Teen drivers are four times more likely than adults to get into car crashes or near crash events directly related to talking on a cell phone or texting.
•A car driver dialing a cell phone is 2.8 times more likely to get into a crash than a non-distracted driver.
•A driver reaching for a cell phone or any other electronic device is 1.4 times more likely to experience a car crash.
•A car driver talking on their phone is 1.3 times more likely to get into an accident.
•A truck driver texting while driving is 23.2 times more likely to get into an accident than a trucker paying full attention to the road.
•A truck driver dialing a cell is 5.9 times more likely to crash.
•A trucker reaching for a phone or other device is 6.7 times more likely to experience a truck accident.
•For every 6 seconds of drive time, a driver sending or receiving a text message spends 4.6 of those seconds with their eyes off the road. This makes texting the most distracting of all cell phone related tasks.

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by trev0006

Public service massage is way to graphic.

Way too graphic? Why?
People die in accidents every day.
Being involved in an accident with fatalities is traumatic.
Losing a loved one, or causing the loss of life, in an accident due to negligence is even more traumatic.

Personally, I feel that the current generation is one of the most selfish I have ever seen. Not all, but many youths have no concept of personal responsibility, or the "consequences for your actions" concept. But that's my opinion.

Driving requires attentiveness.

[nynor]

looks about right to me. we've had a few of these, involving teenagers, in the recent past. i've worked with at least one, medically, in the aftermath.

[Cdnone1]

I don't think it's too graphic.
I'm going to have my 16 year old son watch it
Steve

[stomachmonkey]

Completely appropriate.

Maybe all teens wanting a license should be required to do ride alongs with their local responders.

[Zeke]

Yesterday, a young girl went to my right on a 6 lane street, found traffic in front of her, swung 2 lanes to my left and went roaring by with emergency vehicles coming at us on the other side code 3. All while on a phone. Brilliant.

Oh, this was all in front of CSULB. (a state university for those of you out-of-state)

[VINMAN]

Not in the least bit graphic. Not even close to reality.

I wish I could photograph some of the MVAs I deal with, and bring them to the local highschools for show and tell.

[sailchef]

I think all teens who apply for a drivers permit should have to watch something like this.
To graphic? I don't think so. Have you seen some of the video games out there? It needs to be graphic to get their attention!

In the state of Delaware there are no laws concerning talking on cell phones or texting. Everybody is doing it.

Its incredible the number of people driving while texting behind the wheel.

[nynor]

wait till you see a motorcyclist texting. brother....

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

Not in the least bit graphic. Not even close to reality.

I wish I could photograph some of the MVAs I deal with, and bring them to the local highschools for show and tell.

I recall as a kid they on base in Germany they would do these safe driving "displays" a couple of times during the year.

They would get a wreck from the boneyard, add some damage then torch it, toss in a fake charred mutilated body and park it outside the main gate for a week.

40 some odd years later I can recall them clear as day.

[flatbutt]

Great FX, should be viewed at all Driver Ed classes.

[widebody911]

As far as I'm concerned, the only functionality a kid's phone needs is to call 911 and call home.

Period.

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

I recall as a kid they on base in Germany they would do these safe driving "displays" a couple of times during the year.

They would get a wreck from the boneyard, add some damage then torch it, toss in a fake charred mutilated body and park it outside the main gate for a week.

40 some odd years later I can recall them clear as day.

We do a "Operation Prom Night" every year at the local HS,with the cops and first aid squad. Same type of thing. We take a few wrecked cars, pile them up with some of the students mocked up as victims and fatalities. We go through the whole extrication process, DWI arrest, Medevac etc, etc.... Sad thing is most of the students just laugh and think its a big joke.

[Pazuzu]

Hey hey, Trev006 (or Trev0006, depends on his mood) the spammer is back! Were you on vacation? I haven't seen you shoving your website in anyone's face for a while.

[speeder]

I was nearly run over while walking on the sidewalk this am one block from home. Young woman roared out of her apt. parking garage and passed inches in front of me, I nearly made contact with the side of her car. Her face was maybe two feet from mine, she was texting and did not even know I was there. I was walking and talking on phone, luckily not 100% distracted.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by widebody911

As far as I'm concerned, the only functionality a kid's phone needs is to call 911 and call home.

Period.

This

Thomas is prejudiced against teenagers

I would not mind a massage, but I don't carry much tension.

[CurtEgerer]

Thanks for posting this. I sent it to my 20-year old daughter and ask her to please forward to her friends. She is fairly aware of the danger since I constantly badger her about the dangers of distracted driving. We (the people on this board) are a very small minority who take driving seriously. Unfortunately,the majority of kids have parents who are 100% clueless and lead by example on how it's possible to talk on a cellphone, sip on a latte and punch in an address on the GPS in moving traffic.

[JavaBrewer]

In my neighborhood today at 4:30 pm...the guy was texting his boss

[nynor]

impressive.

[JavaBrewer]

The driver was ok but his legs were trapped by the crushed front end. Emergency services came over and cut the roof off the truck to get him out.

"Uhhh yea boss...about the truck..."