A teenage driver told investigators her vehicle drifted into another lane on Interstate 95 when she became distracted by her phone early Wednesday morning, hitting a tractor trailer which then crashed into a guardrail and overturned, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The 56-year-old truck driver died in the crash on Interstate 95 in central Florida,the crash report said. The teen suffered minor injuries. The crash happened around 3a.m. as the teen was heading south on I-95, the report said. When she over corrected her vehicle, the teen told investigators her car started spinning and hit the rear wheels of the truck, which ran off the road and overturned.
Distractions are everywhere on today’s roads. From billboards, to passengers, to the plethora of in-car entertainment options, it is almost impossible to keep ourselves completely focused on the road while driving. But perhaps the most distracting is our cell phones, in today’s world, if you are not constantly checking your email, text messages, or just browsing the internet, you are in the minority. By now, most of us have heard that using a cell phone while driving is roughly equivalent to driving drunk.
Yet, the majority of us still do it. According to a 2015 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately 391,000 people were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver and 3,477 people were killed due to distracted driving. Other Studies have shown that texting, which simultaneously involves manual, visual, and cognitive functions, is among the worst of all distractions for drivers. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, sending or reading a text message takes a driver’s eyes off the road for an average of five seconds, which at 55 miles an hour is the equivalent of driving the length of a football field with your eyes closed!
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