2009: 49% of drivers ages 16-24 2012: 78% of high school juniors and seniors

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#12009: 49% of drivers ages 16-24

2012: 78% of high school juniors and seniors

2009 & 2012:2009 & 2012:self-reportedself-reportedtexting and drivingtexting and drivingbehavior**behavior**

(**2009, AAA Foundation for Traffic (**2009, AAA Foundation for Traffic SafetySafety

**2012, Liberty Mutual and SADD)**2012, Liberty Mutual and SADD)

Pew Internet and American Life Project.

60% of all drivers use cell phones while driving.49% of drivers under 35 send or read text

messages while driving.

(2011, Harris Poll)

Annual deaths from motor vehicle crash

NUMBER ONE KILLER OF TEENS!!!

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Texting while driving 23 times greater risk

Drunk driving7 times greater risk

Drowsy driving4-6 times greater risk

(Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, 2012)

CLOSE YOUR EYES

Inattention

BlindnessYou are partially BLIND because you are trying to perform two tasks at once.

This is what you see undistracted…

This is what you see with the distraction of a cell phone…

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• Drive too slowly• Slow braking • Drift out of lanes• Miss stop lights

Practice Makes Perfect.55% of young adult drivers agree that it's easy

to text and pay attention to driving at the same time.

I Always Multi-task!34% of teens who drive while distracted simply say they're used to multi-tasking

It Won’t Happen To ME.32% of teens who drive while distracted

don't think anything bad will happen to them.

Three Misconceptions

(Ad Council, 2011.2010,Strayer etal. 2010, AAA)

“It Won’t Happen To ME.”

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16 year old indicted on manslaughtertexting while driving charge

(June, 2013)

Savannah Nash, 16, Dies During Her First Solo Drive

(May, 2013)

Driver who killed teen while texting, driving gets prison time.

(July 1, 2013)

Dennis Kee, 15,killed by 31 yr old

texting & drunk driver(April 26, 2013)

17 year old , Alexis Summers killed. Troopers found a cell phone

with a partly typed message on the screen. (2011)

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Tip #1

Speak Up.Do It Safely.

Practice Before It Happens to You.

Tip #2

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Tip #3

• App automatically starts when car moving 5mph

• 911 Emergency override

• Saves messages

• Informs caller/ texter you are driving

• Cost: FREE

Cell Phone Blockers

It’s the LAW!!!In Oklahoma, teens are banned

from using any handheld device.

In Tulsa, any age driver can be given a $150 ticket for driving

distracted.

The Ripple Effect• Court appearance & finesCourt appearance & fines• License suspended/ revokedLicense suspended/ revoked• Insurance premiums go upInsurance premiums go up• Costly auto damageCostly auto damage• Costly medical expensesCostly medical expenses• Parents take your keys!!Parents take your keys!!

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Risk vs Reward

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