This document discusses the risks of texting while driving through various statistics and studies. Some key points: - A study found that texting while driving makes drivers 23 times more likely to crash than non-distracted driving. - If a driver takes their eyes off the road for 5 seconds to text at 55 mph, they will have traveled the length of a football field without looking at the road. - Distracted driving, including texting, was a factor in 18% of injury-causing accidents in 2010 according to the CDC. - Teens are four times as likely than older drivers to crash or have near-misses due to cell phone distractions according to a VTTI study.

1. TEXTING WHILE
DRIVING
ADVIK ANSHU 10H

3. The Risks of
Texting while
Driving
• Want to become 23 times more likely to crash with just
the flick of a finger? Text while driving. A Virginia Tech
Transportation Institute study of commercial drivers
revealed that texting while driving was the riskiest type
of driver distraction, making drivers 23 times more likely
of getting into a “safety-critical event.” (Virginia Tech
Transportation Institute 2009)
• If you are driving at 55 mph and take your eyes off the
road for the average amount of time it takes to text, five
seconds, you will have zoomed the length of a football
field without looking at the road. (VTTI, 2009)
• The CDC reports that a distracted driver was a factor in
18% of all injury-causing accidents in 2010.
• The 2012 NHTSA study on distracted driving classified
drivers as “distraction-prone” or “distraction-averse.”
Fewer than half of respondents under 35 qualified as
“distraction averse,” while the majority of those over 35
fit that category.
• According to the VTTI, teens are four times as likely to
get into crashes or near misses due to cell phone
distractions than older drivers.

4. Shocking Statistics That Will Make You Think
Twice About Grabbing Your Phone
• The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving
leads to 1.6 million crashes each year.
• Nearly 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by
texting while driving.
• 1 out of every 4 car accidents in the World is caused by texting and
driving. The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while
driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year.
• Nearly 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by
texting while driving.
• 1 out of every 4 car accidents in the United States is caused by texting
and driving.
• Texting while driving is 6x more likely to cause an accident than driving
drunk.
• Answering a text takes away your attention for about five seconds.
Traveling at 55 mph, that's enough time to travel the length of a
football field.

5. • Dh200 fine and four black points seem to be
not forbidding enough, top traffic police
officer says
• In the first three months of 2017, more than
16,000 people were fined in Dubai lone for
using their phones.
• The total number of fines issued during 2016
stood at 60,364.
• The fine for using the phone while driving is
Dh800 and four black points.
• Dubai Police fined motorists involved in
16,099 cases of using phones while driving in
first three months of this year.
Dubai Police say stiffer penalty may
rein in ‘phone-struck’ motorists

7. To prevent texting while
Driving, Follow these tips:
• Put your phone out of reach.
• Use an app to block incoming texts or
calls. Some apps can send an auto
response back, letting the sender know
that you are driving and will respond
when you are parked.
• If you are going to use your phone for
navigational purposes, make sure that it
is mounted to the dashboard.
• Make a commitment to not use your
phone while driving.

8. THANK YOU!!!!!
ADVIK ANSHU
10H