Transcript Traffic Safety Presentation

Distracted Driving
NAME
Prosecuting Attorney
Common Traffic Issues
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Intoxicated Driving
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Safety Belts
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Over The Limit, Under
Arrest
Click It or Ticket
Mobilization
Child Safety
Restraints
Running Red Lights
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National Alarming Facts
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Distracted driving - including the use of cell phones - is a
major contributor to traffic crashes. At least a quarter
of all crashes are caused by distracted driving.
In 2011, hand-held phone use rate translated into
800,000 vehicles on the road at any given daylight
moment being driven by someone talking on a handheld cell phone.
Obviously, drivers are distracted when they take their
hands off the wheel or their eyes off the road. Drivers
can be distracted talking on the phone, eating a
sandwich in the car, or having a conversation with a
passenger.
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Alarming Facts
In the most recent study of drivers:
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40% of all teens say they have been in a car when
the driver was using a cell phone in a way that put
people in danger.
Text messaging creates a crash risk 23 times worse
than driving while not distracted.
Drivers who use hand held devices are 4 times more
likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure
themselves.
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Alarming Facts
In the most recent study of drivers:
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Sending or receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes from
the road for an average of 4.6 seconds, the
equivalent at 55 mph of driving the length of an
entire football field BLIND.
Headset cell phone use is NOT substantially safer
than hand held use.
Driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount
of brain activity associated with driving by 37%.
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Alarming Facts
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The under-20 age group had the highest proportion
of distracted drivers involved in fatal crashes (16%).
The age group with the next greatest proportion of
distracted drivers was the 20- to-29-year-old age
group – 13 percent of all 20-to-29-year-old drivers in
fatal crashes were reported to have been distracted.
Of those drivers reportedly distracted during a fatal
crash, the 30-to-39-year-old drivers were the group
with the greatest proportion distracted by cell phones.
Cell phone distraction was reported for 24 percent of
the 30-to-39-year-old distracted drivers in fatal
crashes.
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Alarming Facts
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Using a cell phone use while driving, whether it’s
hand-held or hands-free, delays a driver's reactions
as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at
the legal limit of .08 percent.
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Alarming Facts
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Light-truck drivers and motorcyclists had the
greatest percentage of total drivers reported
as distracted at the time of the fatal crash
(12% each).
Bus drivers had the lowest percentage (6%)
of total drivers involved in fatal crashes that
were reported as distraction-related.
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Alarming Facts
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The percentage of drivers visibly manipulating hand-held devices
while driving was higher among females (0.7%) than among males
(0.5%).
The proportion of fatalities reportedly associated with driver
distraction increased from 10 percent in 2005 to 16 percent in 2009.
During that time, fatal crashes with reported driver distraction also
increased from 10 percent to 16 percent.
The portion of drivers reportedly distracted at the time of the fatal
crashes increased from 7 percent in 2005 to 11 percent in 2009.
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Michigan Distracted Drivers 2012
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Michigan Distracted Drivers-Cell
Phones 2012
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Distracted Driving Quiz
When driving, do you use a cell phone?
Rarely/never
 Yes, hand-held
 Yes, hands-free
 Yes, often talk on the phone and at the
same time do things like eat, read, drink,
smoke or write.
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Distracted Driving Quiz
How long can you safely look away from the
road?
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1
2
3
4
5
second
seconds
seconds
seconds
seconds
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Distracted Driving Quiz
When driving are you:
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Usually relaxed
Often running late but not stressed about it
Often running late and anxious to make up
time
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Distracted Driving Quiz
Describe your normal driving routine?
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I have a long commute
I often drive in congested traffic
I often have more than one passenger
I often have children in the car
I often have a pet in the car
None of the above
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Distracted Driving Quiz
What is your age?
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16-25
26-54
55-69
70 plus
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What do you do in dense traffic?
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Try to follow the car right in front of me
Maintain a safe following distance, even if
cars have to cut in front of me
Try to avoid driving during peak traffic
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Distracted Driving Quiz
You’re driving and your cell phone rings,
what do you do?
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I always answer it when it rings
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I only answer it when it is safe to do so
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I don’t own a cell phone or I leave it turned
off
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Distracted Driving Quiz
What do you regularly do while you drive?
(Check all that apply)
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Adjust temperature/radio and other controls
Adjust mirrors, seat or seatbelt
Change cassettes or CDs
Eat, brush hair, apply makeup or shave
Read
None of the above
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Distracted Driving Quiz
What is the farthest you will reach for
something while driving?
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Drink Holder
Passenger seat
Glove box
Floor
Back seat or floor
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Distracted Driving Quiz
When you drive, do you:
Often listen to music or the radio
 Often listen to books on tape
 Sometimes get so caught up in conversation
or whatever you are listening to that you get
lost or miss an exit
 None of the above
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Distracted Driving Quiz
SCORING KEY
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0 - 110 points:
111 - 190 points:
191 or Higher:
RISK RATING
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Low distraction risk
Moderate distraction risk
High distraction risk
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Driver Attention
Attentive
35.9
Distracted
48.6
0.8
Looked But Didn’t'
See
Sleepy or Feel Asleep
Unknown
5.4
8.3
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Distracting Activities (Percentage)
Outside Person/Event
29.4
Adusting Radio/CD
11.4
Other Occupant
10.9
Moving Object
4.3
Other Devices
2.9
Adjusting Climate Controls
2.8
Eating/Drinking
1.7
Cell Phones
1.5
Smoking Related
0.9
Other Distractions
Unknown Distractions
25.6
8.6
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What to do. . . .
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Drivers are distracted when they take their
minds off driving - when they're thinking
about things other than the road in front
of them and the vehicles around them.
Remember the basics. Pay attention to
what you are doing while driving.
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What to do. . .
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Remember that driving is a complicated
task requiring a person’s full attention.
If using a cell phone, do it when pulled
over and stopped.
If you observe others being distracted, do
not become agitated. You are only
responsible for yourself.
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What to do. . .
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Allow plenty of travel time.
Preset your climate control and radio.
Put reading material in the trunk.
Don’t have a stressful or emotional.
conversation with passengers.
Time distractions for the least intense
parts of a drive.
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