Driving and Texting

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Originally Posted by GothingNC

Scary statistics.

Texting while driving is a growing trend, it's a national epidemic, and quickly becoming the number one killer on public highways.

The Shocking Statistics
•4383 accidents per day caused by texting and driving – National Safety Council
•904 injuries per day caused by texting and driving – Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Study
•11 teen deaths EVERY DAY caused by texting and driving – Ins. Institute for Hwy Safety Fatality Facts
•Accounts for 25% of ALL car accidents caused by texting and driving - National Hwy Transportation Safety Admin
•Texting is 6 times more likely to cause an accident than a drunk driver - textinganddrivingsafety.com
•2 out of 3 drivers admit to texting and driving - National Analysis
•Average time spent driving blind by drivers that text is 20% - National Analysis
•People who text and drive are 23 times more likely to be in a crash – National Hwy Transportation Safety Admin
•Law enforcement can obtain all mobile device records if you are involved in a crash resulting in injury or death, including text times, locations and speed.

Interesting.

There used to be a time when kids would discretely pass 'notes' in class by texting with their phones under the desks in one hand - by feel. (remember tactile keypads)



With the popularity of Smartphones that trend has gone away. Smartphones are too difficult to use (for texts) w/o looking at them constantly. So I wonder how many people have been killed via smartphone. ...or, rather, by people too stupid to learn the new features of their smartphone. (Voice dial, Siri...)