car crashes while using cell phone
Distractive Driving
It is so scary to think about how quickly your life can be over or how in the matter of a split second you can be the cause of destroying someone else’s life, all because you were distracted while driving. There are three main ways of being distracted. You can take your eyes off the road, take your hands off the wheel or take your mind off what you are doing. While all distractions while you are driving can endanger lives, texting is the most alarming because it involves all three types of distraction. Other distracting activities while driving include using a cell phone, eating and drinking, talking to passengers, grooming, reading, using a navigation system, watching a video, or changing the radio station, CD or Mp3 player. In 2009, 5,474 people were killed on roads in the U.S. and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in crashes that were reported to have involved distracted driving. Drivers who use hand held devices are four times as likely to get into car crashes serious enough to injure themselves. The highest incidence of deaths ocurred with drivers that were distracted age 20 and under. Of those drivers reportedly distracted during a fatal crash, the 30 – 39 year old drivers were the group with the highest proportion distracted by cell phones.
Please think about it before you make the call or start the text…. Do I have to do this right now? Is it worth risking my life or someone elses? Or can I wait until I stop the car? All I ask is for you to ask yourself those questions before you make the biggest mistake of your life, one that you can’t take back.