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The following statistics reveal how common phone usage while driving tis is among different demographics ● 82 percent of adults ages 25-39 ● 72 percent of adults between 40-59 ● 72 percent of those between 19-24 and
● 58 percent of teens admitted to using their phones while driving How does texting impact driving?
Texting tin in in particular poses a a a a a serious threat to to drivers According to to the same
Cambridge
Study answering a a a text distracts a a a a driver for
approximately
five seconds which is enough
time to travel
the length of a a a football field
when traveling
at at 55 miles per hour Consider this: it it takes the the average sober driver driver 54 seconds to hit the the brakes When impaired by alcohol that same
driver driver
