COMMUNICATIONS WHILE DRIVING

Lori Skyler
Heather Smith
John Young
RES 110
October 04, 2010
COMMUNICATION WHILE DRIVING
 INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this presentation is to identify the

statistics and consequences of communicating
while driving. This research will help determine
groups responsible for traffic accidents caused in
the United States. and to tailor educational
presentations in order to lower possible
accidents.
 IDENTIFY TARGETED GEOGRAPHICS
(WEEK 1)
● Who will be surveyed?
■ Young adults

● Why this group?

■ Least experienced drivers

● Why conduct this research?

■ To identify the leading group that causes the
majority of traffic accidents in America today.
 COLLECTION OF DATA
(WEEK 2)

● Gather information.
■ Statistics of texting compared to talking
while operating a motor vehicle.

● Assemble study group

■ Bring in proper group by age range to
partake in s research study.
 REVIEW AND CONSOLIDATE
(WEEK 3)
● Identify trends and group together based of
geographical information

■ Based off information gathered identify by age

and sex the type of communication being
performed while driving.

■ Compile information to determine overall impacts

of distracted drivers.
 VERIFY STATISTICS
(WEEK 4)
● Understand final results and impacts of data
■Once data is collected gain an
understanding of age, sex, and location of
individuals communicating while
driving.
■ Understand the impacts and average
accident rate due to distracted drivers.
 PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTE
(WEEK 5)
● Present information to appropriate audience to
educate.
■ Present collected data to the public to
encourage proper education to the highest
risk group to help reduce the possibility of
increased rise of distracted drivers.
 STATISTICS
■ 52% of 16- and 17-year-old teen drivers confess to making and
answering cell phone calls on the road. 34% admit to text
messaging while driving.
■ Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between
the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage. This
result has been expected to grow as much as 4% every year.
■ 4 out of every 5 accidents (80%) are attributed to distracted
drivers. In contrast, drunk drivers account for roughly 1 out of 3
(33%) of all accidents nationally.
■ In 2002, the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis calculated that
2,600 people die each year as a result of using cell phones while
driving. They estimated that another 330,000 are injured
■ 5,474 people were killed in 4,898 crashes caused by distraction in
2009
 CONCLUSION
Distracted drivers due to communicating while driving is on the
rise. Most recent reports show that 80% of accidents are a result
of distracted drivers due to using a cell phone. The increase
popularity of new high tech phones has helped surpass previous
dangers on the road and is now becoming an epidemic. Many
states have banned talking and texting while driving to help
ensure safe roads. Research into new technologies have helped
create new electronics that would disable cell phones while a
vehicle is being driven. With the proper education alongside new
laws and technologies, the dangers of communicating while
driving can be greatly reduced. But ultimately it is up to the
individual behind the wheel to realize the responsibilities they
have to themselves and others on the road.
 REFERENCES
• Insurance Information Institute, Inc. (2010). Cellphones and
Driving. Retrieved from
http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/cellphones

• Edgar Snyder & Associates. (). Car Accident Cell Phone

Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-
accident/cell-phone/statistics.html
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