There are several forms of distracted driving but perhaps the most dangerous and prevalent form in the United States is texting and driving. The reason in because there are three different kinds of distractions – visual, manual, and cognitive – and texting is one of the very few, possibly the only distraction, that involves all three kinds. Texting and driving is a danger not only to the driver who is texting but to everyone else on the road with that driver.
There are some important and sobering facts about texting and driving that people should know in order to develop better and safer driving habits.
- According to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2013, drivers who engage in visual-manual tasks like reaching for the radio or typing on a cell phone keypad are three times more likely to cause a car crash than those who don’t.
- In a separate study conducted over a 30-day period, nearly 70 percent of drivers in the United States between the ages of 18 and 64 admitted that they had talked on their cell phone while driving during that period and 31 percent admitted to reading or sending either a text or email message while driving.
- At any given moment during daylight hours in the US, there are approximately 650,000 drivers on the road either using a cell phone or some other electronic device while driving.
If you have suffered serious injuries as a result of an auto accident with a distracted driver, please call our Connecticut I-95 accident attorneys at Hastings, Cohan, and Walsh, LLP, at (888) 244-5480 or contact us online today.
