Increased Traffic Crashes Due to Distracted Driving Addressed by Obama Administration
The Obama administration is holding a meeting to discuss the dangers of people driving while distracted by cell phones and email and text messaging devices and the resulting increase in injury and fatal accidents, according to an article on News4Jax.com. The goal of the meeting is to come up with ideas to stop people from driving while sending and receiving emails and text messages, including laws banning the activity plus educational opportunities to teach people about the dangers of driving while distracted. A study conducted recently by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that semi truck drivers are 23 times more likely to get into an accident when they are texting while driving. Driving while using a cell phone is also dangerous and more likely to cause a traffic crash but much less so than driving while using text messaging and email devices.
