58% - Distracted Drivers - Truckers' Trucking Forum

Baack · **^ Top** #1 08.09.2009

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A recent government report drew attention to the dangers of driving while talking on a cell phone -- an activity that a 2006 Pew Research survey found is practiced by about six-in-ten Americans. Indeed, as they spend more and more time in their cars, Americans report that they do an impressive -- perhaps scary -- range of activities while driving. The most ubiquitous, singing out loud while behind the wheel -- an activity indulged in by nearly seven-in-ten drivers (68%) -- will probably not strike many as cause for much concern. But about six-in-ten (58%) report talking on a handheld phone while driving, a practice that some states have outlawed because of safety concerns. Roughly four-in-ten (41%) say they have eaten a meal while driving and nearly as many (38%) report having shouted or cursed at other drivers in the past year. Other behaviors are less common -- 16% of drivers have done some personal grooming while driving, 6% have combined reading and driving and 6% have fallen asleep behind the wheel in the past year

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20090806...tracteddrivers

CURTWAYNE · **^ Top** #2 08.11.2009

What? I wasn't paying attention.

CyGuy · **^ Top** #3 08.31.2009

Distracted driving really bothers me. A little over a year ago I was rear ended by someone who was reading an email while driving and had to spend 6 months in physical therapy. I still have back problems, so please everyone, drive safely!

truckermario · **^ Top** #4 08.31.2009

I sing going down the highway. I just have to when I hear a good tune. In the city, I turn off the radio.

Raezzor · **^ Top** #5 09.02.2009

Is staring at breasts considered distracted driving?

If so, guilty!

Peanut Butter · **^ Top** #6 09.02.2009

The ones that get me are the women who are putting on theyr makeup while driving down the road and swerving, also the people who in the morning have a newspaper spread accross the steering wheel with a cup of coffee in one hand and either a cell phone in the other, or a dumbbell to exercise their arm and steering with their knees.

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