Get the facts & discover tips on how to avoid texting while driving.
Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph, that's enough time to cover the length of a football field. (2009, VTTI)
A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into an accident than a non-texting driver. (2009, VTTI)
Of those killed in distracted-driving-related crashed, 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction (18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes). (NHTSA)
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FACT #1
Five seconds is the average time your eyes are off the road while texting. When traveling at 55mph, that's enough time to cover the length of a football field. (2009, VTTI)
FACT #2
A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into a crash than a non-texting driver. (2009, VTTI)
FACT #3
Of those killed in distracted-driving-related crashes, 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction (18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes). (2009, NHTSA)
FACT #4
Using a cell phone while driving, whether it's handheld or hands-free, delays a driver's reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent. (2009, University of Utah)
FACT #5
20 percent of injury crashes in 2009 involved reports of distracted driving. (2009, NHTSA)
FACT #6
In 2009, 5,474 people were killed in U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes that were reported to have involved distracted driving. (2009, FARS and GES)
FACT #7
The age group with the greatest proportion of distracted drivers was the under-20 age group. 16% of all drivers younger than 20 involved in fatal crashes were reported to have been distracted while driving. (2009, NHTSA)
FACT #8
Drivers who use hand-held devices are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves. (2005, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
FACT #9
49% of drivers with cell phones under the age of 35 send or read text messages while driving. (2011, Harris Poll)
FACT #10
60% of drivers use cell phones while driving. (2011, Harris Poll)
FACT #11
57% of drivers rate themselves as better than the average driver. (2011, Harris Poll)
FACT #12
An online survey of 1,999 teens ages 16-19 found that 86% had driven while distracted even though 84% know it's dangerous. (2010, AAA and Seventeen Magazine)
FACT #13
34% of teens who drive while distracted simply say they're used to multi-tasking. (2010, AAA and Seventeen Magazine)
FACT #14
32% of teens who drive while distracted don't think anything bad will happen to them. (2010, AAA and Seventeen Magazine)
FACT #15
22% of teens who drive while distracted say it makes driving less boring. (2010, AAA and Seventeen Magazine)
FACT #16
21% of teens who drive while distracted say they're used to being connected to people all the time. (2010, AAA and Seventeen Magazine)
FACT #17
35% of teens who drive while distracted don't think they'll get hurt. (2010, AAA and Seventeen Magazine)
FACT #18
20% of teens who share vehicles had texted while driving, compared to 35% who own their own cars. (2010, AAA and Seventeen Magazine)
FACT #19
23 is the average number of texts per month that teens who text and drive admit to sending. (2010, AAA and Seventeen Magazine)
FACT #20
77% of young adult drivers are very/somewhat confident that they can safely text while driving. (Ad Council, 2011)
FACT #21
55% of young adult drivers agree that it's easy to text and pay attention to driving at the same time. (Ad Council, 2011)
FACT #22
85% of respondents who text while driving agree that texting while driving is a problem and 89% recognize that the behavior reduces reaction time. (Ad Council, 2011)
FACT #23
Brain power used while driving decreases by 40% when a driver listens to conversation or music. (2008, Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging at Carnegie Mellon University Study)
FACT #24
49% of adults say they have been passengers in a car when the driver was sending or reading text messages on their cell phone. (2010, Pew Research Center)
FACT #25
44% of adults say they have been passengers of drivers who used the cell phone in a way that put themselves or others in danger. (2010, Pew Research Center)
FACT #26
36% of teens say they have been involved in a near-crash because of their own or someone else's distracted driving. (2010, Pew Research Center)
FACT #27
While over 90% of teen drivers say they don't drink and drive, 9 out of 10 say they've seen passengers distracting the driver, or drivers using cell phones. (2006, National Teen Driver Survey)
FACT #28
Distracted driving is the number one killer of American teens. Alcohol-related accidents among teens have dropped, but teenage traffic fatalities have remained unchanged because distracted driving is on the rise. (2007, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance Study and NHTSA Study)
FACT #29
About half of drivers 16 to 24 said they had texted while driving, compared with 22 percent of drivers 35 to 44. (2009, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety)
FACT #30
In a study over 18 months, college students using a sophisticated driving simulator showed an eight times greater crash risk when texting than when not texting. (2009, University of Utah Study)
HOW WILL YOU STOP TEXTING & DRIVING?
Out of sight, out of mind.
- When you're in the car, put your phone where you can't get it. A place where you won't even be tempted to look for it. No phone. No texting.
Silence is golden.
- Turn those notifications off. The less you hear your phone, the less tempted you'll be to respond while you're driving.
Find your app.
- An app can help you stop texting and driving. Download your fave and forget about it in the car.
Designate a texter
- Borrow thumbs from a friend. Or lend yours to a friend. Passengers get the privilege of texting while in motion.
Hang up or pay up
once is all it takes....
Get a voice control app for your iphone
personally i dont text and drive or even talk and drive,if my phone goes off i wait till im in a place where i can safely pull off and check it and i dont mean the side of the road i will find a store or any business and do what i need to do,but i have also been harrassed by cops for being suspicious.even though i have nothing to hide i feel like im being punished for doing the right thing.so that said i think cops should leave you alone if its clear your on the phone as its much safer than texting and driving,just my opinion
Texting whilst driving will lead to receiving an unpleasant text that may chang your mood and eventually lead to accident.
I have a video on texting while driving...How do I subsmit it ? Professor6000@aol.com
driving safe only driving not other work
dont drive inTEXTocated!
make a passenger do it for you
Drivers caught texting should have to pay heavy fines -- none of this $20-50 stuff. Three fines (each a higher amount), three strikes. After that, revoke their license for a set period of time.
Download Free Safe Text app drive safe and earn rewards!! Drive smart.
put your phone in the trunk of the car...
Pass a law, with very strict penalties for texting while driving. Not just expensive fines, but impounding the vehicle!
repeat the name of the website 50 times...it should sink in....
Phoneguard offers a very good product to stop texting and driving, I use it on my phone and my kids' phone's.
use common technology the car won't start unless the phone is clipped into a device away from the driver
There should be a devise in the automobile that disables the texting feature when the car is in motion or for that matter, the texting feature on a phone should only operable when there is no motion. This would prevent texters from walking into traffic.
texing can wait it is not an emergency nothing is more important that life
make a law that says driving and texting will be the equivelent of drinking and driving.........that will end it real quick
disenable texting if a vehicle is in motion - all phones have a GPS so it knows when it is moving.
When getting in the vehicle, just power it down til you get to your destination. No message is worth dying for.
I honestly think what it is gonna have to come down to is the car industry is gonna have to make cars that say if the car is moving at a certain speed that if the driver was to attempt to talk or text that the sensor in the car wouls scramble it that you could not make a call out of recieve any calls .The only number that would be permitted is 911 .Just a thought .I hope that something id done very soon ,it is out of control and too many people are dying .
leave your phone on vibrate or leave it at home
When you're driving, and you are in a situation where you can't ignore the phone, as soon as possible get your car out to the safe place from the street very carefully, and make sure that you are not at the way of another people.
If possible, pull car over to answer text.
Turn phone off
As Part Of My Text/ Email And Voice Mail Signatures, I Use 'REMEMBER; PLEASE DONT TEXT AND DRIVE!'
Power down. Shut off you cell phone. You wont need it while you are driving.
I have added an anti-text app to my smartphone called "Phoneguard" which locks my phone as soon as my vehicle exceeds 10 mph. I beleive it's a great solution to a societal behaviour issue of texting and driving.
hide your phone in the glovebox and lock the glovebox that way you are not able to reach it
PUT YOUR PHONE ON THE BACK SEAT
If police officers, utility workers,etc continue to use a cellphone in public view... How do we expect to cease this terrible habit. I was taught at an early age the importance of driving responsibility, isnt it time for drivers ed,etc to be used again.
There is actually this type of ring you can buy for your thumb, so if you ever go to text there is a reminder on the ring saying "txtingkills" and maybe you will second guess your desision
Have an app that you can turn on when you get in the car. When you receive a text or call, an automatic reply will be sent to say "Driving, get back to you when I can." Same concept as when someone is out of office.
A "2 Hands on the Wheel" campaign would help stop texting and lots of other foolish things people do while driving. Of course it couldn't be legislated because there are standard shift cars. But it might make people think about their driving habits.
I only have one solution. Dont text and dont answer a call. Its your decison if you pick up the phone or not and its your decision to put yourself at risk and others to.
Leave your phone at home
put your phone in your purse
Turn your phone completely off.
your life is more important than a text
turn your phone to vibrate or it off so you can't hear it.
put your cell phone out of reach or give it to a passenger
I have a suggestion. Get a slogan, like "buckle up." I actually don't know what the slogan would be, but it would result in people taking the cell out of their pockets and out of their purses and putting it in the back seat of the car before they get into the car. Something like "put it in the back." That way, they won't be tempted to answer a text or answer the phone and if they want to do so, they'd have to stop the car and get out.
next stop is soon enough to return a text.
Disable in cars!
Don't text and drive, not worth it...
The only thing I do know is that when We compromise the law, we ultimately lose. There is Law that mandates in some states No Texting While Driving. How many more lives need to be lost before that Law is mandated in every state in the US.. Grandmother in Texas
Make cell phones illegal in cars nationwide with stiff penalties $500 fine and confiscate phone.
Adding a feature in all vehicles that render using a cell phone impossible while the car is in use.
Turn your phone off, and keep them off. Unless its a real emergency should phones be used.
Write, phone, even text (while NOT driving) your local or state politicos repeatedly stating you want a law against texting while driving!
STOP AND TALK...
Can you drive with your eyes closed? Texting and driving is the same thing.
Tell the people you are talking to to text you later. If they care about you, they will not get mad.
If everyone would turn there phones off when they get into the car then it would not tempt them to text. And would save lives maybe there own
Less Distractions = Less Accidents
We could just shut our cell phones off so that we do not get any calls or texts when we are driving on the road, therefore, preventing car accidents that happen from texting and driving. We would be saving thousands of millions of lives just by shuttiing off our cell phones to prevent any distraction while on the road. Recent reports say that a person texting while driving is more likely to crash than that of a drunk driver.
Just an idea to get teens on board and spreading the word. Create "designated texter" shirt that would be cute for both girls and guys to wear.
www.everyonetexts.com free app to prevent wrecks
make a large fine for texting and driving
Save your self pull over if u have to txt or call someone
Put ur phone in you glove compartment so u cant reach it. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) have it on silent or vibrate
I put my phone on my i tunes with my favorite songs before I start to drive then I leave the phone alone because I do not want to leave my songs
wow i never knew how bad texting and driving could be well im 13 so i kinda wouldent
bumper stickers and magnets to get the word out through safe drivers
Get off your phone while driving
My solution is to never start.!
turn it off when you buckle up
Pull over your car if you have to reply to a text.
i think we need to start a patition and send it to the government. THey need to knwo that so many peopel are getting hurt or killed from texting an driving.
Give your cell phone to another when driving.
Turn it off
do what i do and put your phone somewhere out of reach where u cant see it or hear it dont think about it
Leave phone in purse or other out-of-sight or out-of-reach place when driving. The phone is for emergencies, but has become a past-time and addiction. It takes a bit of self-discipline and putting life and well-being ahead of the desire to be in constant contact. THINK!
we need a group of teenagers going all around the state of west virgina and other states and go to all the schools and maybe us as teens talking to other teens maybe they willl listen
All vehicles should have a device installed that disables the use of texting features on cell phones. It should be activated once you step into the car!
Before you start driving text the person who is texting you and tell them that you cannot text while driving and to please not text you ubtil you text and tell them you have parked and can now text
install a phone block under hood, so text/ phone can be monitored r switch off. cannot be used,while driving.... for teen agers mostly!
have all vehicles equipped with a device that automatically disables all cell phones if the vehicle is on drive.
Simple. Have the cell phone makers activate a GPS unit in ALL phones. Much like your car NAV units, when the GPS in the phone senses the phone moving faster than 10 MPH it SHUTS OFF THE PHONE!. Simple.
Gps technology should be associated with phone texting functions that prohibit the phone texting while in motion. This would be no different than the current restriction to the people that have built in navigation in their vehicles. Some functions will not work if the vehicle is in motion
Turn you phone off while driving.
Mandatory motion detection in the cell phone that will disable the texting and emailing options. This would force people to pay attention to the road or even walking.
If the text is that important, wait until you can safely pull over to the side of the road or when you are at a red light to safely text. Then continue to drive after you have finished.
pull over on the side of the road or pull in to a gas station to check your phone
Have a friend text for you! if your friends in the car let them worry about your phone.
I just cancelled my texting package period. It was a little hard at first, but back use to it after a couple of weeks. Now its great, real human voices again... :) and less of a headache.
I have a DTF...designated texting friend
We can put our phones in silent in a car so the rings or vibrations dont distract the driver.
tell siri what to type
There is an application for Android called WiseText developed by Wise Bytes that allows interactive texting using voice only. No distractions. There is also a link to a demo of its usage on YouTube from the Wise Bytes website.
Put your phone in the backseat and leave it there.
Anyone with a child old enough to drive or ride around with friends should really support this page!!!
it safer to turn ur phone to vi.brate and if it rings first pull over before u answer
Ooops! Text-driving is dangerous! So stay clear of it.
i dont text at all
Fines, take away license and huge fine if caught under these circumstances due to texting and driving. All of our lives are at risk due to this habit.....
keep it at home. if it is at home it cant be used...
crazy idea.. No one realizes really how bad texting is,, what if a pilot of a large airplane was texting and instead of landing on the runway he was landing on a highway that looks simular.. texting is bad all the way when your operating anything, heavy equipment, cranes and more, not just driving..Its a major distraction to what your doing..
Use blue tooth talk to text app
have a freind who's in the car next to you tell you what the message is and what they could text for you. so you are not destracted from the road.
turn your phone completely off
Just put your phone away while you are driving, until you get where you are going. Just put it away.
make every call you need to make befre you get on the road.
Ignore the messages Don,t look to any message while driving a car.
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Put your phone in the glove compartment every time you are driving so you will not be tempted to text, but your phone is still available if you need it.
I had an idea for an app on smart phones; use the accelerometer in a smartphone to determine that if the phone is traveling at more then 10mph to go to airplane mode or delay the buzz and sound of the text until the phone has reached the required speed. this could save many people from driving head on into open traffic.
My new years resolution, stop the text while driving! It is just as good as all the health ones out there!
I put my phone behind my back, almost under my butt. I also put it on silent. Also theres only oneeasy way to get to it.... when you get out.
I will keep my phone out of reach but if i know i am gettig an important text or call will pull over before I answer
90% of the people that text could have a accident than the ones that dont BE SMART TEXT LATER DRIVE KNOW
If cell phones had the choice before txting of either
God after seeing that commercial I am locking it in the driver console!
- Dont txt , be smart
pull over to take call/text bsck...or ignore the call.
Turn phone off while driving!
Eliminate the text feature when the phones gps senses speed in excess of 5 mph.
Use phoneguard it can help save lives
Have someone else text for you if you are driving.
Use bluetooth or voice guide.
put your phone in your purse.
Turn your phone off that will help you prevent hearing anything that work in your phone.
just dont text its not worth it.
Since most phones are able to use GPS and or cell tower signals to calculate speed. Phones should be set up to disable functions when phone is traveling faster than say 5mph.
I silence my cell phone and put it in my brief case making it out of sight and out of mind!
i think that if there was a phone setting that when you get into your car, you could set it as
i will leave my phone in my purse. So im not tempted to use it!
Of course by now many states have laws against such distracted driving and I am fundamentally ok with compliance if not draconian. Other
I am learning because I was in my city driving and for not looking on the road I got into a wreck and I hope people learn from me and others who been involved in wrecks
Software can be installed for your phone where all you have to do is speak what you want to text and the message will be sent for you.
get somebody to do it for you..
put yo phone in yos trunk
phoneguard and justin bieber with alex brown foundation
u could have some one type it for u or hide it were u cnat see it! :)
Tell some else in the car to text for you
If you have to text stop the car in a place that you can stop,not in a place where you cant.
Designate Driver has become common lingo. In my car, it is a designated texter. And if I am alone, I will just ignore my phone. It is the perfect space to have time to think
make your friend in the passenger seat text for you!
stop the texts. stop the wrecks.
I will not text friends when I know they are driving
Turn your phoe off while driving , simple as that . Nobody needs to die because you have to text your boyfriend. If the text is that important, the sender can simply call you, and every phone has a speaker phone these days, so use that speaker phone, NOT the keyboard.
Take a pledge to stop texting for a single day.
I will use bluetooth
Guardar el teléfono en mi bolso con la ropa del gimnasio.
Guardar el teléfono en la guantera.
Esperar a que llegue a mi destino para ver si tengo mensajes en el teléfono.
Desactivar el sonido del teléfono antes de entrar al vehículo.
Guardar el teléfono en la cartera.
Estacionar el vehículo para enviar el mensaje.
I will lock my phone in the trunk.
I will wait until I get there to check my phone.
I will report a texting driver to the police.
I will silence my phone before I get in the car.
I will keep my phone out of reach.
To stop this dangerous behavior, the Ad Council collaborated with the office of the State Attorneys General and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to create a Texting and Driving Prevention campaign. The campaign targets young adult drivers and aims to show them the consequences of this seemingly benign behavior. The campaign features Public Service Advertising (PSAs) in TV, radio, outdoor and web, as well as integrated digital and social media platforms. All advertising drives consumers to StopTextsStopsWrecks.org where consumers can find tips and tactics for how to curb this behavior.
As chief legal officers of the states, commonwealths, and territories of the United States, the Attorneys General serve as counselors to state government agencies and legislatures, and as representatives of the public interest. It is often said that Attorneys General occupy the intersection of law and public policy, dealing in areas as diverse as child support enforcement, drug policy, and environmental protection.
COMO PUEDE DEJAR DE ENVIAR MENSAJES DE TEXTO MIENTRAS MANEJA?
Ojos que no ven, corazn que no siente.
- Cuando vaya a manejar, coloque el telfono donde no pueda verlo ni orlo. En un sitio donde ni siquiera sienta la tentacin de buscarlo. Sin telfono a lavista, no habr mensajes de texto.
El silencio es oro.
- Desactive el recibo de notificaciones de mensajes. Mientras menos escuche sonar el telfono, menos tentado estar de responderlos mientras maneja.
Busque su aplicacin.
- Hay numerosas aplicaciones disponibles para evitar el envo de mensajes detexto mientras maneja. Trate de buscarlas escribiendo frases como texting and driving phone app (aplicacin para envo de mensajes de texto mientras maneja) o app prevent texting while driving (aplicacin para evitar mensajes de texto).
Escoja a un destinatario de mensajes designado.
- Aproveche los pulgares de un amigo que le acompae para que pueda mantener la seguridad mientras maneja. Slo los pasajeros tienen el privilegio de enviar mensajes de texto en un vehculo.
DATOS ACERCA DE LOS MENSAJES
DE TEXTO Y LA CONDUCCION
DATO #1
Cinco segundos es el promedio de tiempo en que un conductor deja de mirar a la carretera cuando est manejando. Si se viaja a 55mph, ese lapso de tiempo es suficiente para recorrer la distancia de un campo de ftbol. (2009, VTTI)
DATO #2
Un conductor que enva mensajes de texto tiene un 23% ms de probabilidades de accidente que otro que no lo hace. (2009, VTTI)
DATO #3
De los casos de personas muertas en accidentes relacionados con falta de atencin a la va, 995 estuvieron relacionados con el uso del telfono celular (18% de las muertes en accidentes vinculados a falta de atencin a la va). (2009, NHTSA)
DATO #4
El uso del celular cuando se maneja, ya sea con o sin manos libres, retarda las reacciones del conductor como si estuviera en el lmite legal de concentracin de alcohol en la sangre del .08%. (2009, Universidad de Utah)
DATO #5
El 20% de los accidentes con personas lesionadas en el 2009 estuvo relacionado con la falta de atencin a la va. (2009, NHTSA).
DATO #6
En el 2009, 5,474 personas perdieron la vida en las autopistas de los Estados Unidos, y un estimado adicional de 448,000 resultaron lesionadas en accidentes vehiculares vinculados a la falta de atencin a la va. (2009, FARS y GES)
DATO #7
El grupo etario con la mayor proporcin de conductores que no prestan atencin a la va es el de menores de 20 aos. El 16% de los conductores menores de 20 aos involucrados en accidentes fatales estaban distrados mientras manejaban. (2009, NHTSA)
DATO #8
Los conductores que manejan con telfonos celulares u otros dispositivos electrnicos en la mano son ms propensos a tener accidentes lo suficientemente serios como para sufrir lesiones. (2005, Instituto de Seguros para la Proteccin en las Autopistas)
DATO #9
El 49% de los conductores menores de 35 aos que usan telfonos celulares envan o leen mensajes de texto mientras manejan. (2011, Encuesta Harris)
DATO #10
El 60% de los conductores usan telfonos celulares mientras manejan. (2011, Encuesta Harris)
DATO #11
El 57% de los conductores consideran que manejan mejor que un conductor promedio. (2011, Encuesta Harris)
DATO #12
Una encuesta por Internet en la que participaron 1,999 adolescentes de 16 a 19 aos, revel que el 84% est consciente de que manejar sin prestar atencin a la va incrementa el riesgo de accidente. Sin embargo, el 86% lo hace. (2010, AAA y Seventeen Magazine)
DATO #13
El 34% afirm simplemente que estaba acostumbrado a manejar y a hacer otras cosas al mismo tiempo. (2010, AAA y Seventeen Magazine)
DATO #14
El 32% no piensa que le puede ocurrir algo malo. (2010, AAA y Seventeen Magazine)
DATO #15
El 22% afirma que hacerlo les alivia el aburrimiento al manejar. (2010, AAA y Seventeen Magazine)
DATO #16
El 21% afirma que est acostumbrado a mantenerse conectado todo el tiempo a otras personas. (2010, AAA y Seventeen Magazine)
DATO #17
El 35% no cree que puede lesionarse a causa de un accidente. (2010, AAA y Seventeen Magazine)
DATO #18
El 20% de los adolescentes que comparten vehculos ha enviado mensajes de texto mientras maneja, en comparacin con el 35% que tiene vehculo propio. (2010, AAA y Seventeen Magazine)
DATO #19
23 es la cifra promedio de mensajes por mes declarado por los adolescentes que envan mensajes de texto mientras manejan. (2010, AAA y Seventeen Magazine)
DATO #20
El 77% de los jvenes adultos que manejan est muy/algo confiado en que puede enviar sin problemas mensajes de texto mientras maneja. (Ad Council, 2011)
DATO #21
Dato #21 El 55% de los jvenes adultos que manejan est de acuerdo en que es fcil enviar mensajes de texto y prestar atencin a la va al mismo tiempo. (Ad Council, 2011)
DATO #22
El 85% de los encuestados que envan mensajes de texto mientras manejan est de acuerdo en que es un problema, y el 89% reconoce que ese tipo de conducta reduce el tiempo de reaccin. (Ad Council, 2011)
DATO #23
El poder cerebral usado mientras se maneja se reduce en un 40% cuando un conductor escucha msica o una conversacin. (2008, Estudio del Centro de Diagnstico Cerebral Cognitivo de Carnegie Mellon University)
DATO #24
El 49% de los adultos afirma que han viajado como pasajeros en un vehculo mientras el conductor enviaba o lea mensajes de texto en su telfono celular. (2010, Centro Pew de Investigaciones)
DATO #25
El 44% de los adultos afirma que han viajado como pasajeros en un vehculo cuyo conductor usaba el telfono celular de forma tal que tanto l como los dems corran peligro. (2010, Centro Pew de Investigaciones)
DATO #26
El 36% de los adolescentes afirma haber estado a punto de tener un accidente por culpa de la falta de atencin propia o ajena a la va. (2010, Centro Pew de Investigaciones)
DATO #27
Si bien ms del 90% de los conductores adolescentes asegura que no manejan despus de haber consumido bebidas alcohlicas, nueve de cada diez afirman que han visto a pasajeros que distraen la atencin del conductor, o a conductores que usan telfonos celulares. (2006, Encuesta Nacional a Conductores Adolescentes)
DATO #28
La falta de atencin a la va es la causa principal de muertes de adolescentes estadounidenses. Los ndices de accidentes relacionados con el consumo de alcohol en los adolescentes han disminuido. Sin embargo, los correspondientes a accidentes fatales de adolescentes no han cambiado, porque cada vez ms personas manejan sin prestar atencin a la va. (2007, Estudio de Children's Hospital of Philadelphia y State Farm Insurance y Estudio de NHTSA)
DATO #29
Distracted driving is the number one killer of American teens. Alcohol-related accidents among teens have dropped, but teenage traffic fatalities have remained unchanged because distracted driving is on the rise. (2007, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and State Farm Insurance Study and NHTSA Study)
DATO #30
Aproximadamente el 50% de los conductores con edades entre 16 y 24 aos afirman que han enviado mensajes de texto mientras manejan, en comparacin con el 22% de los conductores de 35 a 44. (2009, Fundacin AAA de Seguridad del Trnsito)
DATO #31
En un estudio realizado durante ms de 18 meses, los alumnos universitarios participantes en el mismo que usaron un sofisticado simulador de conduccin vehicular, demostraron un riesgo ocho veces mayor de accidentes cuando enviaron mensajes de texto que cuando no lo hicieron. (2009, Estudio de la Universidad de Utah)
Hang up or pay up
once is all it takes....
Get a voice control app for your iphone
personally i dont text and drive or even talk and drive,if my phone goes off i wait till im in a place where i can safely pull off and check it and i dont mean the side of the road i will find a store or any business and do what i need to do,but i have also been harrassed by cops for being suspicious.even though i have nothing to hide i feel like im being punished for doing the right thing.so that said i think cops should leave you alone if its clear your on the phone as its much safer than texting and driving,just my opinion
Texting whilst driving will lead to receiving an unpleasant text that may chang your mood and eventually lead to accident.
I have a video on texting while driving...How do I subsmit it ? Professor6000@aol.com
driving safe only driving not other work
dont drive inTEXTocated!
make a passenger do it for you
Drivers caught texting should have to pay heavy fines -- none of this $20-50 stuff. Three fines (each a higher amount), three strikes. After that, revoke their license for a set period of time.
Download Free Safe Text app drive safe and earn rewards!! Drive smart.
put your phone in the trunk of the car...
Pass a law, with very strict penalties for texting while driving. Not just expensive fines, but impounding the vehicle!
repeat the name of the website 50 times...it should sink in....
Phoneguard offers a very good product to stop texting and driving, I use it on my phone and my kids' phone's.
use common technology the car won't start unless the phone is clipped into a device away from the driver
There should be a devise in the automobile that disables the texting feature when the car is in motion or for that matter, the texting feature on a phone should only operable when there is no motion. This would prevent texters from walking into traffic.
texing can wait it is not an emergency nothing is more important that life
make a law that says driving and texting will be the equivelent of drinking and driving.........that will end it real quick
disenable texting if a vehicle is in motion - all phones have a GPS so it knows when it is moving.
When getting in the vehicle, just power it down til you get to your destination. No message is worth dying for.
I honestly think what it is gonna have to come down to is the car industry is gonna have to make cars that say if the car is moving at a certain speed that if the driver was to attempt to talk or text that the sensor in the car wouls scramble it that you could not make a call out of recieve any calls .The only number that would be permitted is 911 .Just a thought .I hope that something id done very soon ,it is out of control and too many people are dying .
leave your phone on vibrate or leave it at home
When you're driving, and you are in a situation where you can't ignore the phone, as soon as possible get your car out to the safe place from the street very carefully, and make sure that you are not at the way of another people.
If possible, pull car over to answer text.
Turn phone off
As Part Of My Text/ Email And Voice Mail Signatures, I Use 'REMEMBER; PLEASE DONT TEXT AND DRIVE!'
Power down. Shut off you cell phone. You wont need it while you are driving.
I have added an anti-text app to my smartphone called "Phoneguard" which locks my phone as soon as my vehicle exceeds 10 mph. I beleive it's a great solution to a societal behaviour issue of texting and driving.
hide your phone in the glovebox and lock the glovebox that way you are not able to reach it
PUT YOUR PHONE ON THE BACK SEAT
If police officers, utility workers,etc continue to use a cellphone in public view... How do we expect to cease this terrible habit. I was taught at an early age the importance of driving responsibility, isnt it time for drivers ed,etc to be used again.
There is actually this type of ring you can buy for your thumb, so if you ever go to text there is a reminder on the ring saying "txtingkills" and maybe you will second guess your desision
Have an app that you can turn on when you get in the car. When you receive a text or call, an automatic reply will be sent to say "Driving, get back to you when I can." Same concept as when someone is out of office.
A "2 Hands on the Wheel" campaign would help stop texting and lots of other foolish things people do while driving. Of course it couldn't be legislated because there are standard shift cars. But it might make people think about their driving habits.
I only have one solution. Dont text and dont answer a call. Its your decison if you pick up the phone or not and its your decision to put yourself at risk and others to.
Leave your phone at home
put your phone in your purse
Turn your phone completely off.
your life is more important than a text
turn your phone to vibrate or it off so you can't hear it.
put your cell phone out of reach or give it to a passenger
I have a suggestion. Get a slogan, like "buckle up." I actually don't know what the slogan would be, but it would result in people taking the cell out of their pockets and out of their purses and putting it in the back seat of the car before they get into the car. Something like "put it in the back." That way, they won't be tempted to answer a text or answer the phone and if they want to do so, they'd have to stop the car and get out.
next stop is soon enough to return a text.
Disable in cars!
Don't text and drive, not worth it...
The only thing I do know is that when We compromise the law, we ultimately lose. There is Law that mandates in some states No Texting While Driving. How many more lives need to be lost before that Law is mandated in every state in the US.. Grandmother in Texas
Make cell phones illegal in cars nationwide with stiff penalties $500 fine and confiscate phone.
Adding a feature in all vehicles that render using a cell phone impossible while the car is in use.
Turn your phone off, and keep them off. Unless its a real emergency should phones be used.
Write, phone, even text (while NOT driving) your local or state politicos repeatedly stating you want a law against texting while driving!
STOP AND TALK...
Can you drive with your eyes closed? Texting and driving is the same thing.
Tell the people you are talking to to text you later. If they care about you, they will not get mad.
If everyone would turn there phones off when they get into the car then it would not tempt them to text. And would save lives maybe there own
Less Distractions = Less Accidents
We could just shut our cell phones off so that we do not get any calls or texts when we are driving on the road, therefore, preventing car accidents that happen from texting and driving. We would be saving thousands of millions of lives just by shuttiing off our cell phones to prevent any distraction while on the road. Recent reports say that a person texting while driving is more likely to crash than that of a drunk driver.
Just an idea to get teens on board and spreading the word. Create "designated texter" shirt that would be cute for both girls and guys to wear.
www.everyonetexts.com free app to prevent wrecks
make a large fine for texting and driving
Save your self pull over if u have to txt or call someone
Put ur phone in you glove compartment so u cant reach it. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) have it on silent or vibrate
I put my phone on my i tunes with my favorite songs before I start to drive then I leave the phone alone because I do not want to leave my songs
wow i never knew how bad texting and driving could be well im 13 so i kinda wouldent
bumper stickers and magnets to get the word out through safe drivers
Get off your phone while driving
My solution is to never start.!
turn it off when you buckle up
Pull over your car if you have to reply to a text.
i think we need to start a patition and send it to the government. THey need to knwo that so many peopel are getting hurt or killed from texting an driving.
Give your cell phone to another when driving.
Turn it off
do what i do and put your phone somewhere out of reach where u cant see it or hear it dont think about it
Leave phone in purse or other out-of-sight or out-of-reach place when driving. The phone is for emergencies, but has become a past-time and addiction. It takes a bit of self-discipline and putting life and well-being ahead of the desire to be in constant contact. THINK!
we need a group of teenagers going all around the state of west virgina and other states and go to all the schools and maybe us as teens talking to other teens maybe they willl listen
All vehicles should have a device installed that disables the use of texting features on cell phones. It should be activated once you step into the car!
Before you start driving text the person who is texting you and tell them that you cannot text while driving and to please not text you ubtil you text and tell them you have parked and can now text
install a phone block under hood, so text/ phone can be monitored r switch off. cannot be used,while driving.... for teen agers mostly!
have all vehicles equipped with a device that automatically disables all cell phones if the vehicle is on drive.
Simple. Have the cell phone makers activate a GPS unit in ALL phones. Much like your car NAV units, when the GPS in the phone senses the phone moving faster than 10 MPH it SHUTS OFF THE PHONE!. Simple.
Gps technology should be associated with phone texting functions that prohibit the phone texting while in motion. This would be no different than the current restriction to the people that have built in navigation in their vehicles. Some functions will not work if the vehicle is in motion
Turn you phone off while driving.
Mandatory motion detection in the cell phone that will disable the texting and emailing options. This would force people to pay attention to the road or even walking.
If the text is that important, wait until you can safely pull over to the side of the road or when you are at a red light to safely text. Then continue to drive after you have finished.
pull over on the side of the road or pull in to a gas station to check your phone
Have a friend text for you! if your friends in the car let them worry about your phone.
I just cancelled my texting package period. It was a little hard at first, but back use to it after a couple of weeks. Now its great, real human voices again... :) and less of a headache.
I have a DTF...designated texting friend
We can put our phones in silent in a car so the rings or vibrations dont distract the driver.
tell siri what to type
There is an application for Android called WiseText developed by Wise Bytes that allows interactive texting using voice only. No distractions. There is also a link to a demo of its usage on YouTube from the Wise Bytes website.
Put your phone in the backseat and leave it there.
Anyone with a child old enough to drive or ride around with friends should really support this page!!!
it safer to turn ur phone to vi.brate and if it rings first pull over before u answer
Ooops! Text-driving is dangerous! So stay clear of it.
i dont text at all
Fines, take away license and huge fine if caught under these circumstances due to texting and driving. All of our lives are at risk due to this habit.....
keep it at home. if it is at home it cant be used...
crazy idea.. No one realizes really how bad texting is,, what if a pilot of a large airplane was texting and instead of landing on the runway he was landing on a highway that looks simular.. texting is bad all the way when your operating anything, heavy equipment, cranes and more, not just driving..Its a major distraction to what your doing..
Use blue tooth talk to text app
have a freind who's in the car next to you tell you what the message is and what they could text for you. so you are not destracted from the road.
turn your phone completely off
Just put your phone away while you are driving, until you get where you are going. Just put it away.
make every call you need to make befre you get on the road.
Ignore the messages Don,t look to any message while driving a car.
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Put your phone in the glove compartment every time you are driving so you will not be tempted to text, but your phone is still available if you need it.
I had an idea for an app on smart phones; use the accelerometer in a smartphone to determine that if the phone is traveling at more then 10mph to go to airplane mode or delay the buzz and sound of the text until the phone has reached the required speed. this could save many people from driving head on into open traffic.
My new years resolution, stop the text while driving! It is just as good as all the health ones out there!
I put my phone behind my back, almost under my butt. I also put it on silent. Also theres only oneeasy way to get to it.... when you get out.
I will keep my phone out of reach but if i know i am gettig an important text or call will pull over before I answer
90% of the people that text could have a accident than the ones that dont BE SMART TEXT LATER DRIVE KNOW
If cell phones had the choice before txting of either
God after seeing that commercial I am locking it in the driver console!
- Dont txt , be smart
pull over to take call/text bsck...or ignore the call.
Turn phone off while driving!
Eliminate the text feature when the phones gps senses speed in excess of 5 mph.
Use phoneguard it can help save lives
Have someone else text for you if you are driving.
Use bluetooth or voice guide.
put your phone in your purse.
Turn your phone off that will help you prevent hearing anything that work in your phone.
just dont text its not worth it.
Since most phones are able to use GPS and or cell tower signals to calculate speed. Phones should be set up to disable functions when phone is traveling faster than say 5mph.
I silence my cell phone and put it in my brief case making it out of sight and out of mind!
i think that if there was a phone setting that when you get into your car, you could set it as
i will leave my phone in my purse. So im not tempted to use it!
Of course by now many states have laws against such distracted driving and I am fundamentally ok with compliance if not draconian. Other
I am learning because I was in my city driving and for not looking on the road I got into a wreck and I hope people learn from me and others who been involved in wrecks
Software can be installed for your phone where all you have to do is speak what you want to text and the message will be sent for you.
get somebody to do it for you..
put yo phone in yos trunk
phoneguard and justin bieber with alex brown foundation
u could have some one type it for u or hide it were u cnat see it! :)
Tell some else in the car to text for you
If you have to text stop the car in a place that you can stop,not in a place where you cant.
Designate Driver has become common lingo. In my car, it is a designated texter. And if I am alone, I will just ignore my phone. It is the perfect space to have time to think
make your friend in the passenger seat text for you!
stop the texts. stop the wrecks.
I will not text friends when I know they are driving
Turn your phoe off while driving , simple as that . Nobody needs to die because you have to text your boyfriend. If the text is that important, the sender can simply call you, and every phone has a speaker phone these days, so use that speaker phone, NOT the keyboard.
Take a pledge to stop texting for a single day.
I will use bluetooth
Guardar el teléfono en mi bolso con la ropa del gimnasio.
Guardar el teléfono en la guantera.
Esperar a que llegue a mi destino para ver si tengo mensajes en el teléfono.
Desactivar el sonido del teléfono antes de entrar al vehículo.
Guardar el teléfono en la cartera.
Estacionar el vehículo para enviar el mensaje.
I will lock my phone in the trunk.
I will wait until I get there to check my phone.
I will report a texting driver to the police.
I will silence my phone before I get in the car.
I will keep my phone out of reach.
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Don't send us or Post any original creative ideas, suggestions, information, materials or content of any kind that you wish to maintain as proprietary or confidential, because once you Post or send us anything, subject, of course to our Privacy Policy, we otherwise have an unrestricted right to use it and do anything with it, in any way and for any purpose, without obligation or restriction at all and we have no obligation to pay you or notify you or let anyone know we got it from you.
violate any laws, regulations, judicial or governmental order, treaties or our rights or the rights of any other person, firm or enterprise;
engage in conduct which is or could be considered libelous, defamatory, indecent, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or sexually suggestive in a manner we or others might find inappropriate, racially, culturally or ethnically offensive, harmful, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, objectionable, discriminatory or abusive;
impersonate any other person, firm or enterprise or any of our or their employees and agents;
use our Websites for Posting or otherwise using malicious or unauthorized code, (e.g., viruses, time bombs, cancel bots, worms, Trojan horses, spyware) or other potentially harmful Content, or in any way interrupt, damage, interfere with, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or communication equipment, including our Website;
modify, disrupt, impair, alter or interfere with the use, features, functions, operation or maintenance of our Websites, Posts or any other rights or use and enjoyment of our Websites by any other person, firm or enterprise;
collect, obtain, compile, gather, transmit, reproduce, delete, revise, view or display any material or information, whether personally identifiable or not, submitted, provided or made available by or concerning any other person, firm or enterprise;
engage in any activity or fail to report any activity involving SPAM, junk e-mail, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited messages, or so-called spamming and phishing or other similar schemes;
or use our Websites or any Content, including Posts, for commercial or business purposes, including advertising, marketing, selling or offering goods or services, whether or not for financial benefit or other form of compensation or consideration or by linking with any other website or web pages.
NOTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), all notifications of claimed copyright infringement should be sent ONLY to our Designated Agent.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SOLELY FOR NOTIFYING US THAT YOUR COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN INFRINGED. DO NOT SEND ANY INQUIRIES UNRELATED TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (e.g., REQUESTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR CUSTOMER SERVICE, REPORTS OF E-MAIL ABUSE) TO THE CONTACT LISTED BELOW. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE IF SENT TO THAT CONTACT.
WE CAUTION YOU THAT UNDER FEDERAL LAW, IF YOU KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENT THAT ONLINE MATERIAL IS INFRINGING, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO HEAVY CIVIL PENALTIES. THESE INCLUDE MONETARY DAMAGES, COURT COSTS, AND ATTORNEYS' FEES INCURRED BY US, BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER, OR BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER'S LICENSEE THAT IS INJURED AS A RESULT OF OUR RELYING UPON YOUR MISREPRESENTATION. YOU MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY.
Written notification must be submitted to the following Designated Agent:
Service Provider(s): The Advertising Council?Name of Designated Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement: Barbara Shimaitis?Full Address of Designated Agent to Which Notification Should be Sent: 815 Second Ave., New York, NY 10017?Telephone Number of Designated Agent: 212-922-1500?Facsimile Number of Designated Agent: 212-922-1676?Email Address of Designated Agent: webmaster@adcouncil.org
Under Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(3)(A), the Notification of Claimed Infringement must include the following:
An electronic or physical signature of the owner or of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
Identification of the copyrighted work (or works) that you claim has been infringed;
A description of the material that you claim is infringing, and the location where the original or an authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists (for example, the URL of the page of the website where it is lawfully posted; the name, edition and pages of a book from which an excerpt was copied, etc.);
A clear description of where the infringing material is located on our Website, including as applicable its URL, so that we can locate the material;
Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.