Don’t Text & Drive Your Life Depends On It By: Micah Penhollow 8B History

Would You Do This!?! Where u at lol where r Yeah

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What About Now? Ashley Last text from her sister was “yeah” She flipped her truck  Ashley died Sister lives with guilt every day Mariah Last text from her boyfriend was “where u at” Hit the median and was thrown from her car Mairiah died Mom celebrates Mariah’s birthday every year with her friends

What About Now? Patrick Text before accident was “lol” Hit a man on a bicycle and killed him Had to do community service Has emotional problems Random Dude Was passenger in a car with a friend who was driving Friend texted before the accident “where r” Car hit tree Random dude has permanent brain damage

Cell Phone Use Statistics Drivers under age 20 had the highest proportion of distracted drivers involved in fatal crashes at 16% and drivers age 20-29 were the next highest at 12% Cell phone use behind the wheel reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37% The risk of a crash is 4 times higher when a driver uses a cell phone even if it’s hands-free 58% of high school seniors and 43% of high school juniors report texting or emailing while driving Teens sends and receive about 100 text messages a day Some activities such as texting take the driver’s attention away from driving more frequently and for longer periods than other distractions Source: Winston FK, et al. Eds. Driving Through the Eyes of Teens, A Closer Look. Published by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance Companies®. 2009.

Cell Phone Use Statistics con’t. 1.6 million car accidents every year cause a half million injuries and 6,000 deaths 80% of all car accidents involve some type of distraction 11% of drivers talk on their cell phones every day The reaction time of a teen driver using a cell phone is the same as a 70 year old grandma not using one Texting while driving is 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving while drinking Texting and driving for 5 seconds is equivalent to driving the length of a football field blindfolded at 55 mph. Source: http://www.dontextdrive.com

Key Facts In 2009, more than 5,400 people died and about 448,000 people were injured in crashes reported to involve distracted drivers Among those killed or injured in these crashes, nearly 1,000 deaths and 24,000 injuries included cell phone use as the major distraction The proportion of drivers reportedly distracted at the time of a fatal crash increased from 7% in 2005 to 11% in 2009 Source: Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic Safety Facts: Distracted Driving 2009. Washington, DC: US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, September 2010. Publication no. DOT-HS-811-379. Available from http://www.distraction.gov/ . Accessed June 27, 2011.

Distractions While Driving Source: Winston FK, et al. Eds. Driving Through the Eyes of Teens, A Closer Look. Published by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance Companies®. 2009

What Do Teen Drivers Say? 9% of drivers in the United States reported texting or emailing “regularly or fairly often” while driving 52% of U.S. drivers ages 18-29 reported texting or emailing while driving at least once in the last 30 days, and more than a quarter report texting or emailing “regularly” or “fairly often” while driving 90% of teens see passengers in a car who are distracting the driver 50% of teens report seeing passengers encouraging drivers to speed, sometimes going 10 miles per hour over the speed limit Sources: Porter Novelli. (2010). HealthStyles 2010 Survey. Unpublished raw data. Washington, DC: Adam Burns. http://www.teendriversource.org

Teen Drivers Report This Source: Winston FK, et al. Eds. Driving Through the Eyes of Teens, A Closer Look. Published by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance Companies®. 2009

Why Give it Up? Source: Winston FK, et al. Eds. Driving Through the Eyes of Teens, A Closer Look. Published by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance Companies®. 2009

Tips to Follow When Driving Don’t ever send or read a text Turn off your cell phone Take out the cell phone battery Put your cell phone in the trunk Try wearing driving gloves so you can’t text back Sources: http://www.donttextdrive.com http://www.dosomething.org/news/5-tricks-will-stop-you-texting-while-driving.com

Reasons Not To Text It’s against the law You could hurt or kill someone You could hurt or kill yourself You could spend time in jail or be a juvenile delinquent It could cost you or your parents a lot of money

5 Ways to Get Drivers to Stop Texting Direct Approach – “I’m sorry, I don’t like it when people text and drive.” Most will admit it’s not a good idea Subtle Approach – “If you want me to text for you, I will.” Text for the person and say “drive right now, text later.” Wow look at the Bad Driver Approach – “Wow, did you see how that guy’s driving, he’s all over the road.” Group Approach – Everyone in the car agrees the driver is a hazard and then take away his keys and say “We aren’t going to ride with you if you text and drive.” Life Saving Approach – “My parents said I can’t ride with my friends if they text and drive, because it isn’t safe.” Source: http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/problems/no_texting.html

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