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Distractions & Driving Don't Mix

Daniel Stark in the Community - Serving Throughout the Great State of Texas

Whether it's talking on your phone, texting your friends, or reaching for a CD, distracted driving is never a smart choice. Remember, it only takes a second of distraction to change the rest of your life. Keep your eyes on the road, your hands on the wheel, and your phone turned off.

• 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.
  Source: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
  
• Almost 50% of all drivers between the ages of 18 and 24 are texting while driving.
  Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  
• People who text while driving are 23% more likely to be in a car accident.
  Source: Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
  
• Texting while driving is about 6 times more likely to result in an accident than driving while intoxicated.
  Source: University of Utah
  
• 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.
  Source: Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
  
• 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.
  Source: Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
  
• A driver reaching for a cell phone or any other electronic device is 1.4 times more likely to experience a car crash.
  Source: Virginia Tech Transportation Institute