25% of car accidents caused by distractions such as cell phones

The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has released the first comprehensive overview summarizing distracted driving research for state officials. The 50-page report, titled "Distracted Driving: What Research Shows and What…

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Did anyone else just lols at this? :]

breaking news...bears do poop in the woods and the Pope is indeed, Catholic

its true, i hate them. put your phone on silent.

So you could say "75% of car accidents NOT caused by distractions such as moblie phones".

That would be a '-1' for the law in my country. Some people are more than capable of operating a phone while driving and then not go on to kill someone's dog or squash their bin.

Just like some people are able to drive while intoxicated?

You guys laugh, but in ten years of working in auto insurance, I had exactly one person admit to using a cell phone at the time of the accident, and that was only to explain that she crashed the car due to texting, not to drinking (she was popped for a DUI). I also have yet to read a police report which lists use of a cell phone as a contributing factor in a car accident.

I can hone in on texters very easily. Just look for a car going a bit slower than average, with the eyes of the person darting up and down into their lap. I usually just speed up to get away from them, but if I was a less scrupulous person I would slam on my brakes and get paid. I could probably do this every other day really.

If drivers werent distracted by one thing, then it will just be another...

Now it's a different ball game though. You're getting into mental and physical tolerance when you talk about alcohol or drugs.

I agree with the part of the law against texting though. I've been in a car with a mate of mine texting before...I don't think i stopped wincing all the way through the journey.

Ive been doing the texting and driving bit for a while now... I wanted to add to my last reply. The only fender bender I got in from being distracted was some really hot girl on the side of the road, big tits, just great form.. blahblahblah... I wrecked into someone else slamming on their breaks for being almost as distracted as I was. Of course I was at fault and I still continue to look at girls on the side of the road... them girls jogging with spandex is my greatest weakness.

are you trying to justify driving while intoxicated? I don't care about your mental or physical tolerance, intoxicated is intoxicated. I hope you get a DUI. Doesn't even have to be alcohol. It could be weed, pills, ect. I've been in too many near car accidents because someone wanted to smoke a joint or have a few beers before they got in the car. Way more than texting, actually. A car turns into a 2000lbs weapon in the hands of someone who can't control it.

Cars have long since rendered WMDs obsolete. Now we can add cell phones to the list.

Whoooa...I never said i agree with people who drink and drive.

First i said:

Then Kralnor said:

And, although he is right that some people may well be able to drive home over the limit, I disagree that it should be allowed under law...because "Alcohol is a different ball game, It's about mental and physical tolerance".

See?...It was there in the writing, friend

I'm a bit sensitive about the issue since I was almost in an accident a few nights ago with those "circumstances."

"Distractions affect driving performance" and "Texting likely increases crash risk more than cell phone use."
Well hot damn, you really do learn something everyday. I often wonder why companies create studies for the obvious

Somehow, it still doesn't justify paying people to state the blatantly obvious. Then too, most people think they know more than the study.

Myself, I hope LSD makes a comeback. At least with that, you stopped a half block before the red light, instead of parading right through it.

Well, either that or amphetamines. After all, they give those to fighter pilots to keep them sharp.

I agree that laws should be be much tougher for people who use cell phones in the car... for everyone except me that is...

Well Butch, what makes you special? (Don't answer, that was a rhetorical question).

OK, I agree with you about bears. But, are you absolutely certain that the pope is Catholic? He could have very well been saying that to get himself elected. This is true of all political endeavors.