TEXTING AND DRIVING STATISTICS, WHY ITS DANGEROUS, STATE LAWS, AND TIPS TO STOP TEXTING WHILE DRIVING

Texting and driving has become commonplace among teenagers after more than half of high school seniors admitted to sending messages behind the wheel. 

A national survey, carried out anonymously, found that 58 per cent of seniors said they had texted or emailed while driving in the month of May 2012. 

Some 43 per cent of high school juniors in the U.S. also acknowledged that they had the dangerous habit, according to the study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today.

Aaron Deveau, 18, was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday after he killed a father of three while texting and driving last year in Haverhill, Massachusetts.  (Click Image To Enlarge)

CarInsurance.org prepared the following texting and driving stastics, and the numbers are just appalling.

COMMENTARY:    Texting while driving is a serious crime.  How serious, you ask?   Aaron Deveau, an 18-year old teen, was convicted of motor vehicle homicide by texting – the first driver in Massachusetts to face such charges, the Boston Globe reported.  Prosecutors said Deveau, who pleaded not guilty, was texting on Feb. 20, 2011, when his vehicle swerved across the center line of a Haverhill, Mass., street and crashed head on into Daniel Bowley’s truck, killing the 55-year-old New Hampshire father of three.   On June 6, 2012, Deveau was sentenced to a year in prison and loss of his license for 15 years for causing a fatal crash by texting while driving.  This is the kid being carted off to prison.

Aaron Defeau, the 18-yr old Massachusetts teen shortly after sentencing to one year in prison for texting while driving (Click Image To Enlarge)

Bowley’s sister, Donna Burleigh, said her brother suffered severe head trauma and lingered in a Boston hospital for 18 days before dying.

Before imposing the maximum sentence on Deveau, District Court Judge Stephen Abany said he was sending a message of deterrence to Massachusetts drivers.

Abany said, according to the Globe report.

"Deterrence really seems to come to play in this case.  People really want to be safe on the highways. People need to keep their eyes on the road, keep their eyes on the road.’’

Courtesy of an infographic appearing in CarInsurance.org

Comments

[Hotcandy]

Keep eyes on road when you are driving,please take care for your family and friends. don't use your phone call or testing, it is dangerous.

[Andrea]

This is terrible to realize how terribly irresposible drivers' attitude is. We all should be more careful! And not only take care of our lives , but about everybody who is near us. In case you are in immidiate money need, Meanwhile, keep yourself safe

[Brianharig]

Wow,
Really eye opening. I hope everyone can see how quick things can get out of control.
Keep up the great work,
Brian

[fl car insurance]

Even in our country texting while driving is strictly unprohibited. It can cause problems and accident.

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