Texting and Driving

Melissa Polo
Hsci 352
November 6, 2014

What is considered Distracted Driving?

According to the national highway traffic safety
administration:
The driver needs to recorded as being emotional, inattentive,
or careless or using a cell phone or any other electronic
device pertainig to their vehicle.

F.A.R.S

Stands for the fatality analysis reporting system

Records data on all road fatalities that occurred on public

roads in the United States from 1999 to 2008.

Includes percentages of:

Drivers Gender

Drivers Age

Drivers ethnicity/Race

The Results

After declining from 1999 to 2005 fatalities from distracted

driving increased 28% after 2005, rising from 4572 fatalities
to 5870 fatalities in 2008.

They found that the percentage of males caught driving

while distracted, increased from 70% to 74% just in 2008
when the rates had been declining by almost by 10%
between 1999 and 2006.

The data also showed that although the percentage of

drivers aged 29 and younger caught driving while distracted
had declined from 1999 to 37.7%, after 2003 it increased to
39% by 2008.

Recommendations

Texting and driving noted as a growing public safety hazard.

Legislation that bans texting and driving.

Effective enforcement to back up the legislation to deter

drivers even further.

Example: Californias Department of Motor Vehicles bans

texting a driving and will issue a fine if you are found to do
so.

Thats a wrap!