Distracted Driving Facts:

  • Distraction from cell phone use while driving (hand held or hands free) is as dangerous as driving with a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent. (University of Utah)
  • The number one source of driver inattention is use of a wireless device. (Virginia Tech /NHTSA)
  • Drivers that use cell phones are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves. (NHTSA, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety)
  • Driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37%. (Carnegie Mellon)

Information provided by
DRIVE SMART Virginia.