QFM96, State Auto Insurance and their independent agents in Central Ohio care about your safety. As technology becomes more advanced and the use of cell phones increases on the road, texting while driving has become a serious issue. State Auto Insurance and QFM96 want you to be aware of this matter.
812,000 people right now while driving are using mobile devices on the road. Nationally, thousands of people have been killed by use of texting and driving; while over 500,000 have been injured by distracted driving in 2008. These numbers are rapidly growing.
We want you to be aware of the dangers of this and educate you on how serious texting while driving is.
State Auto Insurance and
QFM96 care about our listeners and want you
and your families to remain alive and healthy. This is a choice you can make daily. A choice that can be made by every individual to save their own lives as well as members in their family and bystanders.
So PLEASE see our researched statistics below to educate yourselves, your friends and your family on this harmful growing problem that can be easily avoided by one thing…choice.
We ask you
PLEASE DON’T TEXT AND DRIVE! State Auto Insurance and all of their Independent Agents are concerned with their customers’ safety over anything else. They are right there to insure you in case something were to happen, but want the Central Ohio Community to know that safety and education for consumers is #1.”
THE FACTS
- One of the most surprising texting while driving facts is that this activity is more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol or marijuana.
- You are 4 time more likely to cause an accident while driving drunk or talking on your cell phone. You are 8 times more likely to cause an accident while texting and driving.
- Studies reveal that a person who is texting while driving at the speed of 35 mph will cover 25 ft before bringing the car to complete halt as compared to a distance of 4 ft which a drunk driver would cover at the same speed.
- Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents occur when people talk on cellphones or send text messages while driving, according to a study released by the National Safety Council. The vast majority of those crashes, 1.4 million annually, are caused by cellphone conversations, and 200,000 are blamed on text messaging, according to the report from the council, a nonprofit group recognized by congressional charter as a leader on safety.
- A whopping 81 percent of the United States population admits to resorting to texting while a driving a vehicle, in spite of being well versed with the various dangers of texting while driving.
- According to a study conducted, teenagers and youngsters are more susceptible to car crashes and fatal road accidents.
- If you are writing or reading text messages, your reaction time in case of emergency reduces by approximately 35%.
- SMSing while driving contributes to a rise in the possibilities of accidents by about 23 times.
- As per a research, it has been concluded that texting is more dangerous than actually talking on the phone.
- Considering the distraction of the driver in texting while driving, this activity keeps the driver involved in texting for around five seconds, which on a highway means a hundred yards.
- While texting and driving, the crash can take place in just about 2-3 seconds, with the driver's reaction time being reduced substantially.
- 60 PERCENT OF TEENAGERS ADMIT TO TEXTING AND DRIVING?
- About 21 states in the USA have banned this risky activity, whereas other states have certain laws according to the type of drivers.
- The National Safety Council has come to a conclusion that around 28% of car crashes or 1.6 million accidents per year happen because of the driver SMSing while at the wheel.
- Clemson University found that “text messaging and using iPods caused drivers to leave their lanes 10 percent more often.
- The New York Times has created an interactive game that measures how reaction time is affected by distractions.
- Texting while driving causes a 400% increase in time spent with eyes off the road.
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