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Distracted Driving: Professional and Personal Considerations
Joel Feldman, Esq., MS, [email protected]
PA Workers’ Compensation ConferenceJune 12, 2017 | Harrisburg, PA
What is Distracted Driving?
Driving while engaged in any activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary
task of driving.
(SOURCE: Distraction.gov / NHTSA)
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∙ Manual∙ Visual∙ Cognitive
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF DISTRACTION
Quebec Bus Driver
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∙ Shocking
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?
∙ Irresponsible
∙ Selfish
∙ Dangerous ∙ Disrespectful
∙ Crazy
Xavier Davis‐Bilbo
Milwaukee, WI
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Abbotsford Police Department Video
Casey Feldman, 1988 ‐ 2009
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DISTRACTED DRIVING
Kills 10 people every day and injures more than 1000
Causes more crashes than drunk driving
Is believed to cause more than 50% of teen crashes
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See others driving distracted and criticize them...
Tell our children not to drive distracted...
Encourage our employees to drive safely... — Yet require their prompt responses to texts and
e‐mails, even when driving?
— Yet drive distracted with our children in the car?
—Yet drive distracted ourselves?
DO WE
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Yet 67% of us continue to use our cell phones
88% OF US FEEL THREATENED WHEN OTHER DRIVERS USE CELL PHONES
LOOKING AWAY FROM THE ROAD TO TEXT, USE AN APP OR CHANGE MUSIC
At 50 mph we travel about 75 feet per second
How Far Will We Go In 4 Seconds When Travelling 50 Mph?
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How Far Will You Travel?
Producer Alex Emmons for the Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety 2011
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COGNITIVE DISTRACTIONS
Switching attention versus true multi‐tasking
Inattention blindness
Tunnel vision
Distraction continues even after we stop using smartphones/ factory installed equipment
The Distracted Mind Toyota
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Marcel Just, Ph D. Carnegie Mellon University
Driving withSentence ListeningDriving Alone
Cognitive demands of cell phone use narrows our field of vision
Transport Canada
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IF WE ARE COGNITIVELY DISTRACTED WILL A BLUE‐TOOTH OR VOICE‐TO‐TEXT FEATURES BE SAFE?
No safety benefit for hands‐free versus hand held cell phone use
Voice‐to‐text technologies are no safer than manual texting.
NSC White Paper March 2010 “Understanding the distracted brain.”
Texas A&M Transportation Institute, April 2013.
TRAFFIC FATALITIES INCREASE7.2% FROM 2014 TO 2015… 2016?
32,744 to 35,092
Injuries 2.34M to 2.44M
Largest % increase in 50 years
Deaths 9% higher through the first six months of 2016 than in 2015, and 18% higher than two years ago at the six month mark.
*US DOT/NHTSA 2015 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview‐August 2016
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DISTRACTED DRIVING FATALITIES GREW BY THE LARGEST %
*US DOT/NHTSA 2015 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview‐August 2016
Speeding, 3%Alcohol‐impaired,
3%
Failing to Wear Seat Belt, 5%
Distracted Driving, 8.80%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
Axis Title
OF ALL THE 2015 FATALITIES ATTRIBUTED TO HUMAN CHOICE
NERVOUS ABOUT BEING INJURED OR KILLED BY A DISTRACTED DRIVER?
Rethinking defensive driving in light of distracted drivers
Expect the unexpected
Continuously scan the roadway
Drive within the assured clear distance
Protecting ourselves from distracted drivers
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THE COGNITIVE PROCESSES REQUIRED FOR DEFENSIVE DRIVING:
Predicting where threats may come from
Identifying visible threats
Deciding whether to act and what action to take
Executing appropriate Responses
Scanning for potential threats
SPIDER
WHEN WE DRIVE DISTRACTED CAN WE PROTECT OURSELVES AND THOSE WE LOVE FROM
DISTRACTED DRIVERS?
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WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOUR CHILDREN LOOK AWAY FROM THE ROAD FOR A FEW SECONDS
2 cameras‐one on driver and one on road‐split screen
AAA Foundation and Lytx
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AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY LOOKED AT VIDEO FROM ABOUT 1700 TEEN CRASHES
Distraction a factor in 58% of all crashes (89% of road departure and 75% rear end crashes)
Interacting w/passenger and cell phone use largest contributor to crashes
Compare w/ NHTSA’s estimate of about 20% of crashes distraction‐related
“My mom tells me not to drive distracted but she does it all the time…I guess you could say she is a hypocrite.”
© 2016. All rights reserved. Anapol Weiss. 28
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“I have to be a good role model for my little brother and sister‐ I can’t drive distracted with them watching like my mom and dad do.”
© 2016. All rights reserved. Anapol Weiss. 29
What have you been teaching yourChildren about distracted driving?
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Don’t let those you careabout drive distracted
Bridgestone and Tosh Chambers, Harrisburg, PA.
• Power point presentations developed with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
• Available for download without cost through EndDD.org
• High school, middle school, college, community and work‐place presentations
• 350 volunteer speakers ‐ 300,000 attendees to date
End Distracted Driving (EndDD.org)
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EMPLOYER CELLPHONE POLICY
EACH OF US HAS THE POWER TO
Choose to drive distraction free
Change the way those we care about drive
SO DISTRACTION‐FREE DRIVING IS SOCIALLY ACCEPTED AND EXPECTED
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