Posted on 03/25/2015 1:20:21 PM PDT by C19fan
Distractions - especially talking with passengers and using cellphones - play a far greater role in car crashes involving teen drivers than has been previously understood, according to compelling new evidence cited by safety researchers. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety analyzed nearly 1,700 videos that capture the actions of teen drivers in the moments before a crash. It found that distractions were a factor in nearly 60per cent of moderate to severe crashes. That's four times the rate in many previous official estimates that were based on police reports. The study is unusual because researchers rarely have access to crash videos that clearly show what drivers were doing in the seconds before impact as well as what was happening on the road.
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I believe it. We got some vultures here about six months ago. They are not leaving with all the dead animals around.
Pure BS.
Yep. Are you talking about the car that was near the Central Pike exit/Hermitage/Old Hickory Blvd?
Really?
They are part of nature.
Cell phones, however, are not! LOL!
Being a motorcyclist myself, I KNOW we are often targeted by drivers...
What?
I’m glad you said “average”.
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