The Problem of Distracted Driving

The Problem of Distracted Driving


• 80% of all collisions and 65% of near crashes have some form of driver inattention

as contributing factors. That is over 4,000,000 crashes per year in North

America that are caused by driver distraction.

• Cell phone use is attributed to 18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes.

What makes up the other 82%? Putting on lipstick, reaching over to grab a drink,

changing the music, reading a roadmap, eating on the go. The distractions are

endless. But they don’t have to be.

• Talking on a cell phone makes a driver 4 times more likely to have a crash or

near crash event. Texting makes them 23 times more likely to have this happen.

• Texting slows driver reaction time even more than alcohol!