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Page 1: Risky Behavior?

by Abigail Cameron

Risky Behavior?Texting&Driving

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There are 3 main types of distracted

driving…

Visual – taking your eyes off the road

Manual – taking your hands off the wheel

Cognitive – taking your mind off what you’re doing

Source: US Department of Transportation, Statistics and Facts about Driving

image: ClipArt

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Texting is the most alarming because it

involves all 3 types of distraction.Source: US Department of Transportation, Statistics and Facts about Driving

image: Andrea Narita - Flickr

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In 2009, 20% of crashes in the United States were reported cases of distracted driving.

Source: US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

image: alexbartok - Flickr

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Of those killed in distracted-driving-related crashes,

18% or 995 involved reports of a cell phone as the distraction.

Source: US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

image: Siebuhr - Flickr

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Drivers who use hand-held devices

are 4x as likely to get into crashes

serious enough to injure themselves.

Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

image: RiaPereira - Flickr

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So…

…Why does 81% of the population

keep texting while

driving? Source: Buzzle.com – Texting while driving statistics

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MULTITASKING

Convenience of texting and driving at the same time –

people become oblivious to the danger.

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ADDICTIONPeople just CAN’T put the phone DOWN.

image: maeva - Flickr

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OBLIVIOUSPeople don’t realize how

dangerous it is for

themselves&others.

image: vnduan - Flickr

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Studies show that texting deteriorates reaction time more

then getting behind the wheel drunk…

Texting showed a 35% deterioration in

reaction time and 91% decrease in steering ability…

…while driving drunk only showed a

12% deterioration in reaction time.Source: CBC News

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So…If you wouldn’t get behind the wheel drunk…

…Then why would you get behind the wheel and text?

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Solution?

image: Null Photography - Flickr

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FINESAre fines really the positive solution to

change the statistics around texting&driving?

Image: Amsterd@m - Filckr

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In 2011, 1500 people have been fined $167 for distracted driving in

Vancouver.

image: WestPeak Photography - Flickr

Source: The Globe and Male – Does Texting While Driving make sense to you?

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In 2010, almost 17,000 drivers were charged $155 in Toronto.

image: ijustine - Flickr

Source: The Globe and Male – Does Texting While Driving make sense to you?

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Even the App campaigns to stop texting while driving in this digital age aren’t

helping.Source: The Globe and Male – Does Texting While Driving make sense to you?

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WHY?

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No one is afraid of being caught!

image: Zi - Flickr

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Does Texting&Driving make

sense to you?

image: wbsloan - Flickr

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All images are licensed under the Creative Commons Non-

Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 agreement, and sourced from

Flickr.

image: .David Chu - Flickr