The National Safety Council (NSC) has dubbed April 2014 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in an effort to bring awareness to this completely preventable and all-too-common cause of serious motor vehicle accidents. Although any number of activities can be the cause of distracted driving, the NSC’s primary focus in its ongoing campaign is to encourage drivers to put down their cellphones and refrain from using hands-free devices while driving so that they make a concentrated effort to focus on the task of driving.
The NSC has dubbed April 2014 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month in an effort to encourage motorists to put down their cellphones and focus on driving.
According to the NSC’s press release, drivers can do their part to support this campaign by:
- Not using their cellphones when driving (even if it is not illegal to use cellphones when driving in their specific state)
- Being aware that hands-free devices are not risk free, as these devices can be as distracting as cellphones for motorists
- Spreading the word about this campaign and encouraging others to join.
Distracted Driving Statistics
As part of its effort to drive home the point that distracted driving and the use of cellphones/hands-free devices is a serious threat to American motorists, the NSC has presented various distracted driving statistics on its site. Some of these report that:
- More than 90 percent of all car accidents are caused by some type of human error (rather than by mechanical failures or adverse environmental conditions).
- Approximately 26 percent of all motor vehicle accidents involve the use of cellphones, including hands-free devices.
- When people are talking on or listening to someone else on a cellphone, their ability to focus on the roadway decreases by about 33 percent.
- Recent studies have shown that voice-to-text technology may be even more distracting to drivers than simply manually typing text messages.
Visit the NSC’s website for downloadable materials that can help you spread the word about National Distracted Driving Awareness month.
How the Boulder Car Accident Lawyers at Cederberg Law Can Help You
If you or a loved one has been injured in a car accident that may have been caused by a distracted driver, contact the Boulder car accident lawyers at Cederberg Law by calling us at 303-499-0449 or by emailing us using the form at the side of the screen.
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