TEXTING & DRIVING

By: Arnelle Johnson

BASIC FACTS
The number one cause of teen death is texting.

Motor vehicle crashes remain the No. 1 cause of death for

adolescents. Teen passengers and cell phones are two distractions proven to kill teens. In 2008, a total of 3,118 teens ages 15 to 19 died as a driver or as a passenger of a teen driver

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Crash risk is four times higher when a driver uses a cell phone, whether or not its hands-free. 58 percent of high school seniors and 43 percent of high school

juniors report texting or e-mailing while driving during the previous

month.4 A typical teen sends and receives about 100 text messages a day.

DEADLY DISTRACTIONS
In 2006, 20 percent of all
passenger deaths, including 62 percent of teen passenger deaths, occurred in vehicles driven by a teenager.

RISK FACTORS
Driving without a license and smoking increases your chances of risk while driving . The three biggest factors contributing to older child passengers dying in a crash: riding with a driver age 16 or younger, not wearing seat belts, and traveling on high speed roads.

VIDEO
http://am.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/20 /can-teen-texting-become-an-addiction/

INEXPERIENCE DRIVERS
Errors among teen drivers are: -- 21 percent occurred due to a lack of scanning that is needed to detect and respond to hazards.

-- 21 percent occurred due to going too fast for road conditions (for
example, driving too fast to respond to others or to successfully navigate a curve. -- 20 percent occurred due to being distracted by something inside or

outside the vehicle

SPECIAL THANKS TO
http://www.teendriversource.org/stats/support_gov http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811649.pdf