1. Lesson 15
Texting and Driving Don’t Mix
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
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2. Distracted Driving -How many of you have:
• Used your cell phone while driving?
• Been a passenger in a car when the driver was using
their phone?
• Come close to having an accident because you or
another driver was distracted using a phone.
• Know someone who has been involved in a distracted
driving accident?
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3. “It won’t happen to me” thinking
The Stats:
11% of drivers talk on their phones at any given time
2,600 traffic deaths are caused each year by drivers using
cell phones
570,000 accidents leading to minor and serious injuries are
caused each year by cell phone distractions
Source: New York Times
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4. Teen drivers are most distracted by…
1. Devices - and teen girls are 2x as likely to use a phone
or other connected device when driving compared to
teen guys.
2. Adjusting dials or controls in the car
3. Personal grooming
4. Eating or drinking
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5. 2 seconds matter
• If you’re going 65 mph, a 2 second glance to read a text,
or dial a number means you’ve driven nearly 2/3rds of a
football field without looking at the road
• If someone in the back seat covered your eyes for the
same two seconds at the same speed you’d be hysterical
over the insane risk they took
In both cases the risk is the same
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6. What will it take for you to stop?
Try these tips:
• Put your phone on silent when driving so you don’t hear it
• If you have to call or text, pull off the road at the next safe
spot and stop
• If you think you’ll be tempted to answer your phone, put it
in the trunk when driving
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7. Take the pledge
Who would you dedicate a
pledge to drive cell free to?
•Yourself in 10 years?
•Your parents?
•Your friends?
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