Online Auto Insurance: New Research Quantifies Texting’s Effects on Reaction Time
Austin, TX, October 17, 2011 --(PR.com)-- New research from the Texas Transportation Institute that shows texting behind the wheel doubles the time it takes drivers to react -increasing their odds of crashing - is giving the public a new understanding of just how much of a negative effect mobile phones can have on driver safety, according to Online Auto Insurance.
Federal safety officials say 9 percent of American drivers admit they text or email either “regularly” or “fairly often” while driving, and motorists who are distracted by cell phones are involved in thousands of accidents annually.
In addition to the risk of causing an accident that could hurt or kill someone, texting while driving is illegal in most states, meaning that those found guilty of the crime can face fines and other penalties. If they get into an accident while texting, they may find it difficult to qualify for the lowest rates from cheap auto insurance companies across the country.
A study released this week by the TTI found that subjects who were attempting to send or read text messages while driving were twice as slow to react to hazards and far more likely to swerve out of their lane.
Safety experts say such research proves that texting while driving is an accident waiting to happen. But as mobile devices have become an increasingly large component in people’s lives, growing numbers of motorists seem to think laws banning texting while driving are designed only for other motorists.
Federal safety officials say that more than a quarter of 18- to 29-year-old drivers have reported texting or emailing while driving regularly or fairly often.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/features/dsdistracteddriving/
Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia have banned texting by drivers, according to federal officials, and nine states and the nation’s capital have outlawed all hand-held cell phone use by motorists.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), about 5,500 people were killed on U.S. roads and another 448,000 on roads nationwide in 2009 in vehicle crashes involving texting and other forms of distracted driving.
Cell phone use played a role in 18 percent of distracted driving crash deaths, NHTSA reported. And drivers who use hand-held cell phones and other devices are four times more likely than those who don’t to get into injury crashes, insurance industry experts say.
To read more about this and other safety and other car insurance issues, go to http://www.onlineautoinsurance.com/cheap/companies/ where you will find informative resource pages and a free-to-use quote-comparison generator that can give you sample premiums for many vehicle makes and models.
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Federal safety officials say 9 percent of American drivers admit they text or email either “regularly” or “fairly often” while driving, and motorists who are distracted by cell phones are involved in thousands of accidents annually.
In addition to the risk of causing an accident that could hurt or kill someone, texting while driving is illegal in most states, meaning that those found guilty of the crime can face fines and other penalties. If they get into an accident while texting, they may find it difficult to qualify for the lowest rates from cheap auto insurance companies across the country.
A study released this week by the TTI found that subjects who were attempting to send or read text messages while driving were twice as slow to react to hazards and far more likely to swerve out of their lane.
Safety experts say such research proves that texting while driving is an accident waiting to happen. But as mobile devices have become an increasingly large component in people’s lives, growing numbers of motorists seem to think laws banning texting while driving are designed only for other motorists.
Federal safety officials say that more than a quarter of 18- to 29-year-old drivers have reported texting or emailing while driving regularly or fairly often.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/features/dsdistracteddriving/
Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia have banned texting by drivers, according to federal officials, and nine states and the nation’s capital have outlawed all hand-held cell phone use by motorists.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), about 5,500 people were killed on U.S. roads and another 448,000 on roads nationwide in 2009 in vehicle crashes involving texting and other forms of distracted driving.
Cell phone use played a role in 18 percent of distracted driving crash deaths, NHTSA reported. And drivers who use hand-held cell phones and other devices are four times more likely than those who don’t to get into injury crashes, insurance industry experts say.
To read more about this and other safety and other car insurance issues, go to http://www.onlineautoinsurance.com/cheap/companies/ where you will find informative resource pages and a free-to-use quote-comparison generator that can give you sample premiums for many vehicle makes and models.
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