Part 10: The Stats

(Series:  10 Dangerous Practices to Avoid While Driving)

Here’s a few statistics about distracted driving from a 2014 review published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

  • Dialing a cell phone increases the risk of a crash by 8X.
  • Reaching for a cell phone increases the risk of a crash or near crash by 7.02X.
  • Sending or receiving text messages increases the risk of crash by 3.82X.
  • Reaching for an object other than a cell phone increases the risk of crash 8X greater than waiting until the driver arrives.
  • Looking at a roadside object increases the risk of crash 3.9X.
  • Eating increases risk of crash by 2.99X over those who do not eat.

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