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Distracted driving is a serious issue across the United States. Learn why Virginia is committed to keeping our Virginia roads safe.
Virginia is the 22nd state in the Nation to ban handheld phone use while driving.
In a Liberty Mutual survey, 80% of teens reported that they viewed APP use while driving as “not distracting.”
-Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety
“80% of all crashes and 65% of all near-crashes involve driver inattention within three seconds of the crash.”
-Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
Virginia drivers observed in a 2018 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) roadside survey were 57% more likely to be manipulating a cellphone than drivers in a 2014 survey.
“Texting is by far the most egregious form of distracted driving and increases your crash risk by 2300% because it involves all three kinds of distraction – manual, visual, and cognitive.”
-Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
“Each day in the United States, more than nine people are killed and more than 1,153 people are injured as a result of distracted driving.”
-The Centers for Disease Control
“Motorists with smartphones use handheld devices in 88 out of every 100 trips. Therefore, Zendrive estimates that there are about 600 million trips involving distracted driving in the United States every day.”
-Zendrive