There are plenty of facts, figures and details about distracted driving, but let’s get the plain and simple ones on the table first:

• 80 percent of vehicle crashes involve some sort of driver inattention.
• Up to 3000 people nationwide are killed in crashes where driver distractions are involved.
• Talking on a cell phone or texting is the number one source of driver distractions.
• Texting takes your eyes off the road for an average of five seconds, far enough to travel the length of a football field at 55 mph. Most crashes happen with less than 2 seconds reaction time.
• The act of talking on a cell phone, even hands free, can give you “inattention blindness,” where your brain isn’t seeing what’s right in front of you. You aren’t even aware that you are driving impaired. If you think you can handle both driving and talking on a cell phone or texting, you are kidding yourself and putting us all at risk.

Learn more at: http://www.ots.ca.gov/Media_and_Research/Campaigns/Distracted_Driving.asp