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Texas Impact Young: Distracted Driving
This deck covers key facts and statistics about distracted driving and its consequences, based on the Texas Impact Young program.
Where does AJ's dad find AJ's phone?
Behind the dashboard
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Key Terms
Term
Definition
Where does AJ's dad find AJ's phone?
Behind the dashboard
What did AJ hit?
18 Wheeler
Talking on the phone, texting, applying makeup, eating, drinking, chatting with friends in the car are ALL distractions that can result in fatal crashes.
True
Driver inattention is one of the main causes of crashes, injuries, and death.
True
If a driver looks down for just one second while driving 65 mph, their vehicle has traveled almost 50 feet.
False, 100ft
What caused Baby David's death?
Distracted driver
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Where does AJ's dad find AJ's phone? | Behind the dashboard |
What did AJ hit? | 18 Wheeler |
Talking on the phone, texting, applying makeup, eating, drinking, chatting with friends in the car are ALL distractions that can result in fatal crashes. | True |
Driver inattention is one of the main causes of crashes, injuries, and death. | True |
If a driver looks down for just one second while driving 65 mph, their vehicle has traveled almost 50 feet. | False, 100ft |
What caused Baby David's death? | Distracted driver |
What caused Sean's brain injury? | Nothing touched his head. At the point of impact, Sean's head continued to move and as his head went from side to side, his brain rubbed up against the inside of his skull and caused his injury which is called Severe Diffuse Axonal. |
The National Safety Council reports that distracted driving leads to 16 thousand crashes each year. | False. 1.6 million crashes each year |
Drivers who text spend about 10% of their driving time outside their own driving lane. | True |
Someone texting or talking spans an average of 27 seconds after they put the phone down are still thinking about what they just did is called latency. | True |
Most skilled individuals texting are less likely to have an accident compared to the ones that have to look at their phones? | False |
Mariah was in an accident and lost her life because | She was trying to answer a text on her phone |
Stacy was in the passenger seat or the driver seat when she was struck by a drunk driver? | Driver seat |
Driving while under the influence is the number one killer of teens in America. | False, traffic crashes |
Your actions behind the wheel only affect yourself and your passengers. | False |