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Eleanor Serviss

Distracted Driving | Frequently Asked Questions | Texting and Driving - 0 views

  • So far, the research indicates that the cognitive distraction of having a hands-free phone conversation causes drivers to miss the important visual and audio cues that would ordinarily help you avoid a crash.
  • Passenger car driving behavior falls under the jurisdiction of the individual states, so the U.S. DOT can't ban it
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    hands free conversations
Eleanor Serviss

Texting While Driving Facts & Statistics | Texting and Driving - It Can Wait - 0 views

  • Take out your wireless device. Read the last text message you sent or received aloud. Would reading or responding to that text message from behind the wheel be worth the risk of getting into a car accident -- or worse?
  • AT&T teen driver survey findings 97 percent of teens say texting while driving is dangerous — but 43 percent admit to doing so.
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      97% of teens say it's dangerous
Eleanor Serviss

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    This is a really good site
Micah Pengilly

Distracted Driving | State Laws | Texting and Driving - 3 views

  • 44 states, D.C. Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands ban text messaging for all drivers. 12 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands prohibit all drivers from using handheld cell phones while driving.
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    List of state laws on distracted driving
Eleanor Serviss

10 Deadliest Driving Distractions | PropertyCasualty360 - 0 views

  • At least 11 states in addition to D.C. have banned the use of hand-held cell phones while driving.
  • one of the most dangerous distractions and is illegal in 39 states plus D.C. Many yo
  • TWD is about six times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated
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  • TWD causes 1,600,000 accidents per year (National Safety Council); 30,000 injuries per year (Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Study); and 11 teen deaths in the U.S. each day (Ins. Institute for Hwy Safety Fatality Facts)
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    more distraction statistics
Eleanor Serviss

Gauging Your Distraction - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    This simulates how distracting texting while driving is
Eleanor Serviss

Mental Distraction - What It Means | AAA Exchange - 0 views

  • the use of speech-to-text technologies, such as features allowing drivers to listen and verbally respond to text messages or emails, results in a very high-level of mental distraction and significantly affects driver attention
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    hands free technology is potentially as dangerous
Eleanor Serviss

Texting Someone Whom You Know Is Driving Could Land You In Court | Vanity Fair - 1 views

  • 34 percent of teens have copped to texting while driving, and texting behind the wheel makes a crash 23 times (!) more likely
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    this has info on how much more likely it is to crash if you're texting (23 times)
Micah Pengilly

Texting and Driving Statistics - 5 views

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    This page has a lot of valuable statistics and presents some suggestions for combating texting and driving.
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Digitial Identity in Cyberspace - 0 views

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    Definition, descriptions, and solutions.
Eleanor Serviss

Text a driver in New Jersey, and you could see your day in court - CNN.com - 0 views

  • The plaintiffs' attorney, Stephen Weinstein, argued that the text sender was electronically in the car with the driver receiving the text and should be treated like someone sitting next to him
  • They ruled that if the sender of text messages knows that the recipient is driving and texting at the same time, a court may hold the sender responsible for distraction and hold him or her liable for the accident.
  • The judges' decision has elicited a similar response from the state's governor, Chris Christie. The driver is ultimately responsible, he said. Not someone sending him a text. "You have the obligation to keep your eyes on the road, your hands on the wheel and pay attention to what you're doing," he told radio station New Jersey 101.5.
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  • "That's completely absurd, just because you know you're driving doesn't mean, it really doesn't mean they know you're looking at it," Joe Applegate told WPIX. "Even talking to the driver can distract them, so they are going to arrest for someone who simply talked to someone who is driving?" Louise McKellip asked.
  • treat it in a similar manner as drunken driving if it involves an injury accident.
  • Fines for bodily injury run as high as $150,000, and the driver can go to jail for up to 10 years.
  • Kyle Best was behind the wheel of his pickup in September 2009 driving down a rural highway when Shannon Colonna sent him a text.
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    I thought that this would work for the legal side
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