Distraction by Cell Phones and Texting

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is committed to reducing fatalities and injuries due to crashes on the Nation’s roadways. NHTSA works daily to help prevent all types of crashes and reduce their attendant costs, both human and financial. NHTSA approaches distracted driving as a critical national safety problem and addresses it by applying “the four E’s”—education, engineering, enforcement and emergency medical services. This report: defines distracted driving; provides facts about distraction crashes; reports what the public thinks about distracted driving; and explains the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) response to this safety problem.

• Record URL:
  http://www.distraction.gov/downloads/pdfs/Distraction-Cell-Phones-Texting.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Schick, Amy
  • Ascone, Debbie
  • Kang, Julie
  • Vegega, Maria
• Publication Date: 2014-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cellular telephones; Countermeasures; Crash data; Distraction; Public opinion; Text messaging; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01587718
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 811 756
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 27 2016 5:11PM