CELLPHONE PROBLEM
8 in 10 people use their phone while driving. And 1 in 3 text and drive. More than 800,000 vehicles are being driven by someone using a hand-held cell phone at all times.
According to the CDC, 9 people are killed and more than 1,000 are injured in distracted driving-related crashes every day in the U.S.
1.6 MILLION CRASHES A YEAR, 390,000 INJURIES OCCUR, AND OVER 3000 DEATHS. The economical costs of crashes caused by cell phone use is $43 billion in 2019. We have lost lives, campaigned (AT&T spent over $60m in their "it can wait" campaign against texting and driving.)
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The Problem
More people use their phone while driving than they run red lights or drink and drive. It is the new danger on our roads. It is inevitable that every driver will see people on their phones on a daily basis during a 5 minutes drive anywhere in the country.
More people use their phone while driving than they run red lights or drink and drive. It is the new danger on our roads.
The Fact
Sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 4.6 seconds. At 55 mph, that’s like driving the length of an entire football field, blindfolded.
