Unacceptable Dangers Associated With Texting And Driving

 

Statistics from the National Safety Council evidence that over 1.6 million motor vehicle accidents per year involve one of the persons involved using his/her cell phone at the time of the accident. Of the 1.6 million accidents, almost 400,000 (25%) include texting and driving at the time of the accident. The average text takes approximately 5 seconds to type, and at 55 mph, you are distracted almost the length of a football field.  

 

We all know how dangerous drunk driving is, and we all probably know somebody that has been in an accident with a drunk driver or was driving drunk themselves. What if I were to tell you that texting and driving are statistically more dangerous than drunk driving. According to the National Safety Council, texting while driving is 6x more likely to cause an accident than a person driving drunk.  

 

All types of distracted driving, whether texting, surfing the internet, talking on your cell phone, or eating and driving, significantly increase the likelihood of being involved in a motor vehicle accident.