What You Need to Know About Distracted Driving

Top 5 causes of distracted driving

62%

General distractions (lost in thought, inattention, etc.)

10%

others

2%

Eating or drinking

5%

Other occupants in the vehicle

12%

Cell phone use

7%

Outside person or event

Number of people who die or are hurt in distracted driving accidents every day

9

people are killed

1,000

people are injured

Age group with the most crashes related to distracted driving

  • Teens are the largest age group affected by distracted driving crashes.
  • Distracted driving is cited as the cause for 58% of teen crashes.
  • Car crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens in the United States.
  • 16-19 year olds are 3x as likely to be killed in a crash than any other age group.

4 apps to prevent distracted driving

TrueMotion Family

LifeSaver

AT&T DriveMode

mojo

Myth of multitasking safely

Think you can perform two tasks simultaneously with success? Think again. While many people feel that they are excellent multitaskers, neuroscientists say that our brains simply cannot handle multiple tasks at once. Instead we task-switch, and cannot pay attention to everything around us.

40%

of productivity is actually LOST during task-switching.

why people are distracted

  • We are addicted to our smartphones.
  • We feel the need to respond to every “ping.”
  • We wrongly believe that we are great at multitasking.
  • We think we’re invincible because we have sent texts while driving before, without consequences.