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Fatal Factors: Distraction

Critical Days of Summer 2008 Naval Safety Center. Fatal Factors: Distraction. The Problem. Distracted driving is common. Hard to observe and measure. After single-car wrecks in which the driver was killed, police and investigators can only speculate about what happened.

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Fatal Factors: Distraction

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  1. Critical Days of Summer 2008 Naval Safety Center Fatal Factors: Distraction

  2. The Problem • Distracted driving is common. • Hard to observe and measure. • After single-car wrecks in which the driver was killed, police and investigators can only speculate about what happened.

  3. Types of Distractions • Recent distracted driving attention and research has concentrated on cell phones • However, other distractions are more common and appear to contribute more to crashes.

  4. What Grabs Your Attention? Distractions that take away your attention away from driving include: • something you see or hear, • anything you do that isn’t directly involved in driving (such as eating, adjusting the radio or playing a CD), • mental activities (such as talking to passengers or on a cell phone).

  5. More Tech = More Distractions • In-car television, vehicle location and route-finding systems, and other new technologies in vehicles create more potential distractions.

  6. Data One survey found these common distractions during car tips: • 81 percent talked to other passengers. • 66 percent changed radio stations or looked for CDs or tapes. • 49 percent ate or drank. • 26 percent took incoming calls on a cell phone and 25 percent made outgoing calls. • 24 percent dealt with children in the back seat. • 12 percent read a map or directions.

  7. The Risk of Inattention • A recent study that monitored 100 drivers for a year, using specialized instruments, reported that nearly 80 percent of the 72 recorded crashes and 65 percent of the 761 near-crashes involved driver inattention just prior to the incident.

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