What Is The Biggest Driving Distraction??

Of the more than 172,000 people killed in car crashes over the past five years, one in 10 were in crashes where at least one of the drivers involved was distracted. These statistics come from  a nationwide census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

But distracted driving doesn’t just mean being distracted by your cell phone.  Daydreaming or being “generally distracted” (being inattentive, careless, or distracted–details unknown) or “lost in thought” was the number one distraction associated with fatal crashes.

Some people see driving as a time to relax and unwind and let their minds drift off, but that’s actually one of the worst things you can do.  People know about the dangers of texting while driving, but daydreaming while driving is an almost invisible distraction – people do it automatically without even realizing the risk.

 Analysis of police data from 2012-2016 showed the majority of drivers who were distracted were “generally distracted” or “lost in thought.” In fact, police report that 61 percent of distracted drivers were daydreaming at the time of a fatal crash, compared with 14 percent of drivers who were distracted by cell phone use.

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