What is Distracted Driving?
Any activity that takes a person’s attention away from their primary task of driving.
Statistics
- 1 of every 10 fatal crashes in the United States involves distraction
- You’re three times more likely to crash if you text while driving
- In 2012, 421,000 people were injured in car crashes involving a distracted driver
- When you text, your eyes are off the road for an average of five seconds. If you’re driving at 55mph, that’s the length of a football field
- Every minute, approximately 660,000 drivers are using their cell phones or electronic devices while driving
- 49% of drivers under the age of 35 text while driving
- 42% of young adult drivers believe that they can safely text while driving
What can You Do?
- Simplest option: Don’t text and drive
- Pull off safely to the side of the road to text
- Don’t be tempted. Turn your phone off before driving
- Put the phone where you can’t reach it
- Have a passenger in your car send the text for you
- Don’t text friends when you know they’re driving
- Download a safe-texting app: AT&T Drivemode, textecution, Safely Go App
Resources
Websites
Videos
“From One Second To The Next” A Film By Werner Herzog – It Can Wait | AT&T
