Transcript Teens and Distracted Driving

Teens and
Distracted
Driving
Introduction
• 80% of crashes and 65% of near
crashes involved some sort of driver
distraction.
• Teens are 4x more likely to be in a wreck
then drivers over age 30.
Introduction
• Motor vehicle crashes are the leading
cause of death for 16-20 year olds.
• 5,500 fatalities annually. 450,000 injuries
annually.
Introduction
• 14% of all deaths due to motor vehicle
accidents involve a teenage driver.
• 53% of the time teen driver deaths occur
on weekends.
Survey
Please answer Yes or No on your responders.
• Have you ever spoken on a cell
phone while driving?
• Have you ever sent text
messages while driving?
• Have you ever had a
conversation with a friend while
driving?
Survey
Please answer Yes or No on your responders.
• Do you listen to the radio while
driving?
• Do you adjust the station on your
radio or change the CD while
driving?
• Do you drive when you are tired?
• Do you eat and drive?
Survey
Please answer Yes or No on your responders
.
• Girls – do you put on makeup while
driving?
• Do you have a GPS system that you
use while driving?
• Do you listen to your iPod while
driving?
DWT: Driving while texting
How many of you would consider
writing a paper or watching a movie
on your laptop while driving?
• Texters in the US sent 158 billion
messages last year. Up 95% from
2005.
• 13% of teens admit to texting while
driving.
DWT: Driving while texting
• The average teen takes their eyes off of
the road 10% of the time. That jumps to
40% when a teen is texting while driving.
• Texting means a 400% increase in the
amount of time that your eyes are off the
road.
DWT: Driving while texting
• 140% increase in lane violations while
texting.
• Many states are now banning texting while
driving. Fines are as high as $101 per text
in some states.
Driving While Using
Your Cell Phone
• Talking on your cell phone while driving is
the most common distraction drivers face.
• In many states it is already illegal for
teenagers and adults to use their cell
phones while driving.
• In a recent survey, 73% of drivers surveyed
admitted to using their cell phones while
driving.
• Drivers who use their cell phones while
driving are 4x more likely to be in an
accident.
DWE: Driving While Eating
What do you think the Top 10 most dangerous
foods to eat in the car are?
• 10 – Chocolate. Whatever you touch gets
sticky, driver’s instinctive reactions are to
clean and that is distracting.
• 9 – Soft Drinks. Open containers can
cause a lack of driver concentration when
spilled.
DWE: Driving While Eating,
continued
• 8 – Jelly and Cream Filled Doughnuts.
Drivers become more focused on the
messy jelly oozing out than driving.
• 7 – Fried Chicken. Greasy hands are a
distraction as driver’s try to clean them.
Plus, grease is almost impossible to clean
off of a steering wheel.
Driving While Eating,
continued
• 5 – Hamburgers. Dripping condiments,
special sauces and greasy meat drip out
of the bun and onto your shirt. The $5
Hamburger becomes $500 - $5,000 worth
of repairs.
• 6 – BBQ. BBQ sauce is messy.
Remember: If it drips, don’t eat it while
driving.
Driving While Eating,
continued
• 4 – Chili. Anything containing chili such as
a chili dog is dangerous. Steering chili to
your mouth while steering your car
requires more dexterity than humans
possess.
• 3 – Tacos. This food can disassemble
itself. One good road bump and the seat of
your car looks like a salad bar.
Driving While Eating,
continued
• 2 – Hot soups. Eating soup while driving is
like attempting a juggling act.
• 1 – Coffee. Coffee spills are the worst
because drivers try to make immediate
clean up while still driving. Hot coffee can
also cause serious burns that divert a
driver’s focus away from the road.
Sleepy
Driving
Sleepy Driving…
• 100,000 reported crashes per year as a result of
drowsiness. 1,500 of them result in deaths.
• 55% of those crashes were caused by drivers under the
age of 25.
• Some states are requiring that sleep deprived drivers
that cause accidents that kill someone be charged with
vehicular homicide.
Sleepy Driving,
continued
• Fall asleep for 2.5 seconds going 70 MPH
and you just traveled the length of a
football field while sleeping.
• Being awake for 18 hours has the same
effect on your driving as being legally
drunk.
How Tired is Too Tired?:
Are you at risk for a sleepy driving crash?
Factors to consider.
• 6 Hours of sleep or less triples your
risk.
• Pull over and take a nap if you:
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1. Have trouble keeping your eyes open.
2. Are frequently blinking or yawning.
3. Are feeling restless or irritable.
4. Are having trouble remembering the
last few miles you’ve driven.
Driving While Impaired
Driving While Impaired…
• 28% of drivers age 15-20 that were in
accidents had been drinking.
• 39% of all fatal crashes involved alcohol.
Driving While Impaired…
continued
• During the last 30 days, 28.5% of high
school students admitted to riding in a car
driven by someone who had been drinking
alcohol.
• Driving while impaired slows your reaction
time.
Driving While Impaired…
continued
If you are driving while impaired it can end
up on your permanent record. This affects
your ability to:
• Go to college.
• Receive financial aid or scholarships for
college.
• Get a job.
• Get your own car insurance as an adult.
Distracted Driving:
Changing the Radio, Talking to your Friends, Putting
on Makeup, etc.
• Driver inattention is the leading factor in crashes.
• 45% of teen drivers killed in car accidents have
a friend in the car with them.
• Changing the radio, talking to your friends
and/or putting on makeup etc. all take your
attention off the road.
Distraction Activity
• Can you really pay attention while
distracted?
• Let’s find out.
Discussion
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Results –
Analysis –
Conclusion –
How can we become more attentive
drivers?
Wrap-up
• Reducing or eliminating as many
distractions as possible can reduce your
risk of being in a motor vehicle accident.
Wrap-up
• The person calling your cell phone can
wait, the radio doesn’t need to be changed
until you reach a stop light, your makeup
looks great, and you can catch up with
your friends when you arrive at your
destination.
Don’t
become a
statistic.