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This poster explores the dangers of texting while driving and examines current measures that are being taken to prevent texting while driving
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TOTAL PERCENTAGE OFACCIDENTS SPECIF ICALLY
DUE TO TEXTINGAT THE WHEEL
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TOTAL PERCENTAGE OFTEENAGERS WHO
ADMIT TO TEXTINGWHILE DRIVING
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TOTAL PERCENTAGE OFACCIDENTS CAUSED
BY DISTRACTEDDRIVING
SHOULD STATES BAN TEXTING WHILE DRIVING?So fa
r th is year
in the U.S. there
have been an
est imated
231 , 489
crashes
caused by
dr ivers us ing ce l l
phones and
text ing .
CURRENT LAWS AGAINSTTEXTING WHILE DRIVING
2008
+1%
2009
+12%
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+9%
2008
+0%
BRAKING REACTION TIME AT 70 MPH
UNIMPAIRED
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LEGALLY DRUNK(add 4 feet)
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READING EMAIL(add 36 feet)
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SENDING A TEXT(add 70 feet)
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TOTAL PERCENTAGE OFAMERICANS WHO ADMITTO USING CELL PHONES
WHILE DRIVING
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TOTAL PERCENTAGE OFPEOPLE WHO RECOGNIZEPHONE USE INCREASES
ACCIDENT RISK
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportat ion , Nat iona l Safety Counci l , Nat iona l H ighway Traff ic Safety Admin istrat ion , Governor’s H ighway Safety Assoc iat ion , F inanc ia l Dest inat ion , Inc . , H ighway Loss Data Inst itute , Car and Dr iver, dr iv ing laws.org & d istract ion .gov.
NO LAWSAGAINST TEXTING
SECONDARY LAW FOR ALL DRIVERSCitat ions can on ly be d ispersed i f dr iver was pu l ledover for another offense.
PRIMARY LAW FOR ALL DRIVERSCitat ions can be d ispersed without anyother offenses.
PRIMARY LAWFOR BUS DRIVERS
PRIMARY LAW FOR NOVICE DRIVERSClass i f ied as those under the age of 18 or those witha learner’s permit (term var ies from state to state) .
PRIMARY LAWFOR NOVICE & BUS DRIVERS
A study conducted by the Highway Loss Data Inst itute d iscovered that acc ident rates in three out of four states increased after text ing bans were put into effect . Th is d iscovery may be d irect ly corre lated to ind iv idua ls ignor ing the law and h id ing the ir mobi le dev ices . Th is cho ice to lower the phone further d iverts attent ion away from the road.
CHANGE IN ACCIDENT RATEAFTER TEXTING BAN
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WHAT ISDISTRACTED DRIVING?
STATISTICS ONTEXTING WHILE DRIVING
3types
ofd istract ions
manual
cogn it ive
v isua l
Text ing is dangerous becauseit invo lves a l l 3 types of d istract ions
Gretchen Chern & Adr ian Watk ins | DMGT 706 – Idea Visua l izat ion | Winter 2011 | Stat ist ics last updated 03/ 12/2011. .
