Distracted Driving

1. What inference can be drawn from this quote about texting and driving?

“Does this description have the markers of a driver who is driving ‘under the influence?’ It does, and yet, this same description is easily attributed to a driver engaged in driving while texting or speaking on a cell phone.”

• A. Drivers who are driving erratically are, in all likelihood, also texting or drinking while driving

• B. Everyone who texts and drives will eventually cause an accident.

• C. Texting while driving causes similar driving dangers as someone who is intoxicated.

• D. The occurrence of texting and driving is rising steeply

Every day, __ teenagers die because they were texting while driving.

• 15
• 2
• 23
• 11

Drivers using a GPS system can lead to the driver being distracted while driving.

• True

• False

What are distractions?

• Anything inside the vehicle that takes the drivers focus away from driving

• Anything inside the vehicle that takes the drivers hands away from the wheel

• Anything outside the vehicle that takes the drivers focus away from driving

• Anything inside or outside the vehicle that takes the drivers focus away from driving

Select everything that can distract a driver

• pets

• cell phones

• food

• passengers

• music

A type of distraction that takes you eyes off the road

• manual

• visual

• cognitive

• auditory

A type of distraction that takes you hands off the wheel

• manual

• visual

• cognitive

• auditory

A type of distraction that takes your mind off driving

• visual

• manual

• cognitive

Texting while driving is more dangerous than talking on a cell phone. True or false

• True

• False

You are less likely to be in a crash if you are talking hands free on a cell phone than if you were to use a hand held cell phone. True or false

• True

• False