Tue 1 Dec 2009
Teens Texting While Driving
Posted by Allan under Driver Safety , Injury , World Wide SafetyNo Comments
Recently, I have been speaking to various groups about distracted driving. While speaking at the Chicagoland Safety & Health Conference someone told and sent me the link to this video Teens Texting.
We know that more employees die and are injured from traffic accidents than any other type of incidents. Distracted driving is done all the time. The next time you are driving just look at the car next to you. Within minutes you are bound to see someone either:
- Talking on a cell phone
- Eating/drinking
- Reading
- Putting on makeup
- Shaving
- One of many other things other than just driving
Also, if you have teenagers or someone about to drive you might want to watch this. There are some graphic scenes, but the point is well done. 17 states have made laws to prohibit texting while driving, and there is a bill in front of congress. Lastly, a recent study showed that talking on cell phone (regular or hand-free) reduces your reaction time to the same as if your blood alcohol rate is 0.8, or the accepted rate for DUI in almost every state in the US.
