Causing a car accident by being distracted on your iphone or android can be very embarrassing. It is even more embarrassing that about 1/4 of car accidents are caused by such incidents of gadget usage and it becoming a distraction. Mashable.com reports that on a new study made by the Governers Highway Safety Association (GHSA) addresses that 25% of car accidents are caused by cellphone and other gadget distractions.
Some of the most common distractions for drivers to cause these accidents in this category according to a GHSA report are cellphone use, texting while driving, and gadget fiddling. That means that these type of actions are quite dangerous by causing this great harm for any kind of person on the road.
Many states in the country have tried to refrain people from texting while driving by banning it, but it hasn't really worked. In the GHSA report, the GHSA Executive Director Barbara Harsha said "Much of the research is incomplete or contradictory. Clearly, more studies need to be done addressing both the scope of the problem and how to effectively address it.”
Cellphone technology is great and it can be an amazing way to communicate to your loved ones but how can you call them if your ok if your too hurt to use it.
http://mashable.com/2011/07/09/gadgets-driving-crashes/
http://mashable.com/2011/07/09/gadgets-driving-crashes/
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