Phone Use While Driving ~ NS & DT

General Cell Phone Statistics: The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year. Nearly 390,000 injuries occur each year from accidents caused by texting while driving. One out of every four car accidents in the United States is caused by texting and driving. You might need your phone while driving, like for directions to go somewhere, but you should put in the address before you start driving.

Police pull over people every day for people using their phone. People who are texting and driving are 6 times more likely to cause accidents than being under the influence. Drivers are 23 times more likely to get in a crash while texting and driving. About 660,000 people a day use their phone while driving. Texting while driving causes a 400% increase in time spent with your eyes off the road.

It’s dangerous to text and drive around Beverly School because there are LOT of children running around, and people need to be careful. There are a lot of people in the drop off that use their phones and don't look up as much. Also a lot of little kids don’t know when it is the right time to cross the road, and there could be people that don't see a student walk out in front of them.

Why is it dangerous?  Because if you're on a call with one hand holding a phone and another had on the wheel, you might not be able to make a turn that you need two hands for. This is also dangerous because if you have two hands on your phone and you are looking down at your phone and texting then you aren't paying attention to the road.  You may also not see somebody coming in a blind spot that you can't see because of phone use.