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WHATS THE RISK???

Car accidents and cell phone usage correspond in adirectly proportional relationship (Orlowske andLuyben)

There are two main risks associated with drivingand cell phone use

Drivers take their eyes off the road while dialing ortexting which significantly slows reaction time

People can become so absorbed in conversation thattheir ability to concentrate on the act of driving isseverely impaired, jeopardizing both themselves aswell as others


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Statistics

Cell phone use contributes to an estimated 6 percent of

all crashes, which equates to 636,000 crashes, 330,000

injuries, 12,000 serious injuries and 2,600 deaths each

year. (Harvard Center of Risk Analysis).

80% of teen drivers own a cell phone (Childrens

Hospital of Philadelphia)

Half of them admit to using the cell phone while driving

(Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia)


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In the UK, Rachel Begg, 19,entered prison for four yearsafter causing the death of a64 year-old grandmother.Begg was texting while sheploughed into the woman'scar at 70 mph.

Chelsea Ann Bragg, 18, waskilled in a rollover crash aftertexting while driving. Sheveered off the shoulder of theroad and then lost control ofthe car, causing it to roll twice.She was pronounced dead atthe scene.


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Dana Trammell, 17, wastexting someone on her wayto her first day of school ofsenior year when she crashedand was thrown from her

vehicle. She was pronounceddead at the scene.

Ashley D. Miller, 18, veeredinto oncoming traffic and hitanother car head-on whileshe was texting. She and theother driver, a 40 year-oldmother of 1, were killedinstantly..


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WARNINGWARNINGthe next 2 slidesthe next 2 slides

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Could this happen to you??Could this happen to you??


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Is that conversation worth it??Is that conversation worth it??


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Drunk driving VS Cellular Cruising

Cell phone usage while driving can make a driver as inattentive as ifhe/she were drunk (State University of New York)

Motorists who talked on either handheld or hands-free cell phonesdrove slightly slower, were 9 percent slower to hit the brakes,displayed 24 percent more variation in following distance as theirattention switched between driving and conversing, were 19 percentslower to resume normal speed after braking and were more likely tocrash. Three study participants rear-ended the pace car. All weretalking on cell phones. None were drunk.

Drivers drunk at the 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level drove a bit moreslowly than both undistracted drivers and drivers using cell phones,yet more aggressively. They followed the pace car more closely, weretwice as likely to brake only four seconds before a collision wouldhave occurred, and hit their brakes with 23 percent more force.Neither accident rates, nor reaction times to vehicles braking in frontof the participant, nor recovery of lost speed following braking

differed significantly from undistracted drivers, the researchers write.


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Laws Passed in Efforts to Prevent

5 states have banned the use of non-hand held

cell phone devices while driving (National SafetyCouncil)

13 states have passed laws banning cell phone

texting while driving (American Journal ofPublic Health)

Fines Range from $100 to $500


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..Stop talking and DRIVE!!


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Works Cited

y Cell Phone Use While Driving. National Safety Council. 27 July,2009.

y Constant, Aymery. "Road Casualties and Changes in Risky Driving Behavior in France Between2001 and 2004 Among Participants in the GAZEL Cohort." American Journal of Public Health99:7 (2009): 1247-1252. 29 July, 2009.

y Franklin, Jeremy. "Is a hands-free phone safer than a handheld phone?" Harvard MentalHealth 25:8 (2009): 7-10. 30 July, 2009.

y Hanson, David. Cell Phone Use as Dangerous as Drunken Driving. State University of NewYork. 29 July, 2009.

y National Young Driver Survey, Cell phone and other device use. Children's Hospital of

Philadelphia. 30 July, 2009.

y Orlowske, Lori, and Paul Luyben. "Risky Behavior: Cell Phone Use While Driving." Journal ofPrevention & Intervention in the Community 37:3 (2009): 221-229. 30 July, 2009