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Distracted Driving is the Word of the Year choice at Webster’s New World® College Dictionary. A sign of the times surely, distracted driving is another reflection – and consequence – of our ongoing romance with all things digital and mobile and the enhanced capabilities they provide. While it now may be easier and quicker to feed our multitasking habits, it is not always safe… This seminar presentation focuses on the consequences of driving while distracted.
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Distracted Driving—Criminal, Civil and Social Consequences
123 Street, New YorkAnapol Schwartz, 1710 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215)-735-3716 www.anapolschwartz.com
Distracted Driving Basics
Pennsylvania Bar Institute(PBI)
August 2014
Joel Feldman, Esq, MS
Anapol Schwartz
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Driving while engaged in any activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary task of driving.
(SOURCE: Distraction.gov / NHTSA)
What is Distracted Driving?
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→Abbotsford B.C Canada Police Department Video
DISTRACTED DRIVING STATISTICS
2011- A minimum of 3,331 people were killed and 387,000 injured as a result of distracted driving
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Fatal crash rate per mile driven for 16-19 year olds is nearly 3 times the rate for drivers over 20
49% of adults admit to texting while driving compared to 43% for teens
DISTRACTED DRIVING STATISTICS
Using hand–held devices increases driver crash risk four (4) times
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Similar level of impairment for drivers using cell phone as if driving with a BAC of .08
· Manual· Visual· Cognitive
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF DISTRACTION
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→Quebec Bus Driver
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TEXTING WHILE DRIVING
Takes about 4-5 seconds
50 mph = 75 feet per second
4 seconds - the length of “a football field”
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→Producer Alex Emmons for the Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety 2011
Billboards in Alberta ask thisquestion of motorists:
IS YOUR CROTCH DEADLY?
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Driving withSentence Listening
Driving Alone
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→Marcel Just, Ph D. Carnegie Mellon University
Cognitive demands of cell phone use narrows our field of vision
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→Transport Canada
The Distracted Mind Toyota 13
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→Toyota Cognitive Distraction Video
IF WE ARE COGNITIVELY DISTRACTED WILL A BLUE-TOOTH OR VOICE-TO-TEXT FEATURES BE SAFE?
No safety benefit for hands-free versus hand held cell phone use
Voice-to-text technologies are no safer than manual texting.
NSC White Paper March 2010 “Understanding the distracted brain.”
Texas A&M Transportation Institute, April 2013.
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More technology and more
connectivity, but at what price?
Ignoring the science of
cognitive distraction
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→Google founder Sergey Brin poses for a portrait wearing Google Glass glasses.
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AT&T, Tesla and Audi
partnership - 2015 cars
Glenn Lurie, AT&T January 2014
• Will be connected to AT&T wireless
network
• Converting cars from mindless
machines to intelligent gadgets
• Drivers will be able to tweet and
post to Facebook using their voices
Tesla 17-inch Touchscreen
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Joel Feldman, Esq, MS
