DANGERTEXTING WHILE

DRIVING

The presentation was made by Kiet Lu, Michael Montalbo, Donavon Martinez

Table Of Content

The definition of driving and texting

Why it is dangerous?

The reason why they use cellphone while

driving

The evidence for the danger of texting and

driving

Solution

• Texting while driving is the act of composing, sending, reading text message, mails, or making other similar use of the web on a mobile phone while operating a motor vehicles.

The definition of driving and texting

• Lots of people die of the accident because of texting while driving.

Why it is dangerous?

• Some people still don't know how dangerous it is. Others know about the risks of texting and talking while driving, but still choose to do so anyway

Why it is dangerous?

• Texting While Driving Causes:1,600,000 accidents per year – National Safety

Council330,000 injuries per year – Harvard Center for

Risk Analysis Study11 teen deaths EVERY DAY – Ins. Institute

for Hwy Safety Fatality FactsNearly 25% of ALL car accidents

The evidence for the danger of texting and driving

The evidence for the danger of texting and driving

• Texting While Driving Causes: 34% of teens who drive while distracted simply say

they're used to multi-tasking. (2010, AAA and Seventeen Magazine)

77% of young adult drivers are very/somewhat confident that they can safely text while driving. (Ad Council, 2011)

55% of young adult drivers agree that it's easy to text and pay attention to driving at the same time. (Ad Council, 2011)

• To exchange information

The reason why they use cellphone while driving

• Check on family

The reason why they use cellphone while driving

• As Americans, we have this so called “Multi Task Addiction”, and it isn’t really an addiction. It’s a habit so at many times, throughout the day ,to make things easier on ourselves, we have this urge to do more than one thing at once.

The reason why they use cellphone while driving

• Laws against texting while driving, and prohibit the use of hand-held cell phones.

Solution

• A device that could be installed in a car to block cell phone signals while the engine is running.

Solution

• An application on smartphone that will send message if there are phone calls.

Solution

Plans of Actions

• Parents: set the rules, exemplify the rules, enforce the rules and find every opportunity to express the value in abiding by the rules.

• Police officers can do their part by writing as many tickets as possible in order to discourage people from texting while driving. 

Plans of Actions

• State governments should give grants to police agencies for them to hire extra officers for the sole purpose of writing tickets for texting while driving.

Plans of Actions