The Hard Truth

• Over the last four years there were a reported 64,900 crashes of which 299 of them had resulted in a fatality
• There are on average 974,000 vehicles on the road being driven by someone on a hand held device
• Nearly 80% of collisions involve some form of driver inattention
• Cell phone use accounts for 2,600 vehicle fatalities and 300,000 collisions annually
• Distracted drivers contribute 10-20% of all motor vehicle crashes. Crashes caused by cellphones alone account for an estimated 2,600 fatalities, 330,000 injuries, and cose $43 billion per year
• Drivers were ingaged in some form of distracting activity up to 16.1% of the total time their vehicles were moving

Information cited through APD Collision Reports, AAA Traffic Safety Program, and the FCPCS's report "Technology & Driver Distraction"

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Child Passenger Safety Week

September 19 - September 25

2010 Distraction.gov Driving Summit

September 21

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From the Blog

Texas Traffic Fatalities Down

State officials have confirmed that traffic fatalities in Texas dropped 11 percent in 2009, which marks the lowest number since 1993.

Seventeen's Distracted Driving Campaign

Teenage magazine Seventeen has taken up arms against distracted driving in the form of a campaign. It has launched a contest and set aside a special day to promote the anti-distracted driving message.

Famed Plastic Surgeon Drives Over Cliff While Texting

Dr. Frank Ryan, plastic surgeon to the rich and famous, drove his car off of a cliff near his home in Malibu, California. California Hightway Patrol has confirmed that Dr. Ryan was typing out a "tweet" on his phone for his Twitter page when he failed to avoid the cliff.

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