This document discusses the dangers of texting while driving. It provides statistics showing that texting while driving has led to over 1 million car crashes annually and is one of the leading causes of death among teenagers. Things like responding to a text can take a driver's eyes off the road for up to 5 seconds, equivalent to driving the length of a football field blind. While many young drivers feel they can text safely, research shows they spend a significant amount of time driving outside of their lanes when texting. Laws banning texting while driving are being passed and campaigns aim to educate people, especially teens, about the risks.

1. TEXTING AND DRIVING
By:Taylor Donovan

2. SIMPLE, MEANINGLESS PHRASES
• On my way!
• K
• Gtg
• Ttyl
• Almost there
• Bye
• Haha
• Lol
• Hey
• What’s up
• See you soon
• All these phrases may
seem simple and easy
but these texts are the
leading killers in texting
and driving. Something
so simple as saying I got
to go or gtg takes
enough of your attention
away from the road to
crash.

3. Facts about Texting and
Driving
 In 2011 at least 23% of all auto collisions involved cell phones.That’s 1.3
million crashes.
 It takes about 5 seconds to send a text, but if you’re going 55 mph that’s
a whole football field without looking at the road.
 77% of young drivers claim that they’re confident they can text while
driving safely.
 55% of young driver claim its easy to text and drive.
 Yet 10% of their time driving while texting is spent outside the lane lines
 48% of kids 12-17 have been in a car while the driver was texting
 15% of kids have seen their parents text while driving and 27% of adults
have sent or received texts while driving.

4. Statistics due to cell phones
 1,600,000 accidents per year
 330,000 injuries per year
 11 teen deaths per day
 25% of all car accidents
 6 times more likely to cause an accident than drunk driving
 Same as 4 beers
 Number one distraction while driving
 23 times more likely to crash
 Slows brake speed by 18%
 Happens at any given time by 800,000 drivers across the country
 Same as driving blind for 5 seconds
 Growing trend and national epidemic
 QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OFTHE COUNTRY’STOP KILLERS

5. What’s being done about it?
 Many people are starting up campaigns to
stop texting an driving.
 Laws are being set up in several states and
cities to make texting while driving illegal.
Even making a phone call while driving is
illegal.
 State signs are being put up.
 Commercials with true stories about its
consequences are being shown.

6. Campaigns
 Nearly 500, 000 young adults each year are
injured due to texting, calling, sending pictures,
etc.
 We are in a world that is constantly multitasking
as a second nature therefore making young
adults feel like they can text and drive “safely”.
 Campaigns have been formed to prevent texting
and driving and to show young adults the
consequences of that decision.
 They are backed by the State Attorneys General
and the National HighwayTraffic Safety
Administration.

7. Laws
 States marked in green above are all drivers
banned from texting and driving.
 States in blue above only partially ban.
 States in pink above have no bans against
texting and driving.
 10 states prohibit all drivers from using cell
phones.
 32 states prohibit novice drivers from using cell
phones.
 39 states prohibit all drivers from texting.

8. Works Cited
 http://www.stoptextsstopwrecks.org/#camp
aign
 http://www.textinganddrivingsafety.com/text
ing-and-driving-stats/