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The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year.
Nearly 330,000 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.
Texting while driving causes a 400% increase in time spent with eyes off the road.
Of all cell phone related tasks, texting is by far the most dangerous activity.
94% of drivers support a ban on texting while driving.
74% of drivers support a ban on hand-held cell phone use.
Teen Driver Cell Phone Statistics
11 teens die every day as a result of texting while driving.
According to a AAA poll, 94% of teen drivers acknowledge the dangers of texting and driving, but 35% admitted to doing it anyway.
21% of teen drivers involved in fatal accidents were distracted by their cell phones.
Teen drivers are 4x more likely than adults to get into car crashes or near-crashes when talking or texting on a cell phone.
A teen driver with only one additional passenger doubles the risk of getting into a fatal car accident. With two or more passengers, they are 5x as likely.
https://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cause-of-accident/cell-phone/cell-phone-statistics.html
I realize the intent of this thread...... but .... Banning cell phones would get my support. Those new fangled doodads are bane on society and amount to no damn good.
I saw a photo of a group of teens at a "party" where about 20 of them were in somebody's basement sitting around and every single one of them was on their cell phone.
Once I was in a grocery store aisle and this was more or less the conversation of a man on a cell phone:
MAN: was that corn or peas I was suppose to get?
MAN: canned or frozen or on the cob?
MAN: what size?
MAN: regular or cream style?
MAN: you want the cheap store brand or the one with the green giant on it?
MAN: you get a cheaper price when you buy three - should I get three or just the one can?
MAN: I can get a can mixed with peas - want that and we can have both?
MAN: is there suppose to be a expiration date on the can?
and that is only the part I can remember and I am thankful he was not on speaker phone so I could hear the other end.
The End of Days must certainly be near.