Hello everyone! I’m in the editing cave today so I thought I’d repost a blog that I wrote a year or so ago. It’s on distracted driving and since this month is Distracted Driving Awareness month, I thought I’d share it again! Thanks for stopping by!
Originally posted on lisaorchard:
Today I’m discussing the issue of distracted driving. It seems that this has become a major problem especially for the younger crowd. J You know who you are! Read on and check out some pretty scary statistics.
Distracted drivers cause about 6,000 deaths and a half a million injuries every year. Now, for the teenager, that means texting or talking on a cell phone while driving.
Did you know that while young drivers are texting, they spend 10% of their time outside the driving lane that they’re supposed to be in? Pretty scary!
Did you know that talking on a cell phone while driving could make a younger driver’s reaction time as slow as that of a seventy-year-old?
Did you know that answering a text takes away your attention for about five seconds? That’s enough time to travel the length of…
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