Texas law bans the use of handheld cell phones by drivers in school zones. If is worse, why are we not sending that message out as forcefully?” Seelman said. That translates to more than 3,000 deaths and 424,000 injuries.Īccording to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, texting while driving is the equivalent of driving blind five seconds at a time. About one out of ten fatal crashes in 2013 were the result of distracted driving, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Distracted driving extends beyond cell phone use to common freeway driver habits: eating, grooming, reading, fiddling with a navigation system and even watching a video. The National Safety Council (NSC) has established April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Distracted driving is killing people,” Seelman said. “It’s a huge problem that people are willing to ignore out of convenience. About three out of four admit glancing at their phone while driving. ![]() However, one out of three believe they easily can multitask while driving–which includes texting. However, that does not stop people from doing it anyway.Īccording to an AT&T-sponsored survey, more than 90 percent of frequent drivers are aware of the danger. Nearly everyone admits texting and driving is dangerous. For Drew Seelman, evangelizing against distracted driving is personal.ĭrew Seelman, the manager of trauma services and orthopedics at Baylor Medical Center at McKinney, suffered a broken leg in an auto accident caused by a distracted driver.
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