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 it comes to talking on a cell phone and driving it amounts to almost 25% of all accidents. A total of 1/5th of all adult drivers with experience in the United States will send a text message while they’re driving.

In the year 2008 there were almost 6,000 people killed and another 500,000 that were injured directly related to crashes where the driver was distracted. In that same year at any one time during the daylight hours there were over 800,000 vehicles on the road that were being driven by someone that was using a cell phone. 

The statistics are staggering, some additional ones are:

•    80% of accidents, or 4 out of every 5, are directly attributed to distracted drivers

•    In stark contrast only 33%, or 1 out of 3, accidents are attributed to drunk drivers

•    Texting and driving is 6xs more likely than drunk driving to result in an accident 

•    People that text and drive are 23% more likely to be involved in a car accident

A Nationwide Insurance survey, released 2007, of dangerous driver behavior found the following statistics out of 1,200 drivers surveyed:

•    73% talk in their cell phone when driving

•    19% of drivers state that they text and drive

Back in 2005 it was found that 10% of drivers are on either a handheld or hands free cell phone at any one hour of the day. That information is according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Additionally:

•    Drivers that use their cell phones while they drive are 4xs more likely to get in an accident that is severe enough to injure themselves according to a study by the Insurance for Highway Safety Motorists

•    An older study in 2002 by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis estimated that there are 2,600 cell phone related deaths a year and another 330,000 are injured (due to the explosion of cell phones it is likely that this number is now much higher)

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Even though almost all Americans do agree and believe that using a cell phone and texting while driving are two of the most possibly dangerous things to do from all of the behaviors from behind a wheel 81% of them still admit that they’re making calls when they’re driving.

The numbers of both crashes and near crashes that are directly linked to dialing are virtually identical to the numbers that are associated with talking or listening. Although dialing is more dangerous it occurs less often than listening or talking.

Studies show that texting and driving causes a staggering 400% increase in the time spent with someone’s eyes off of the road.

The numbers are unfortunate and the numbers also don’t lie. It’s time that something is done to get the 81% to realize that they are engaging in bad behavior. But wait, they already admit that. Unfortunately when it comes to thinking about what can actually be done there are only more questions than answers.

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