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DISTRACTED DRIVING IS A SERIOUS CONTRIBUTOR OF NEGLIGENCE IN CAR ACCIDENTS Studies show an outside person, object or event as the greatest distraction. A newly released study involved long-haul trucks for 18 months by outfitting the cabs with video cameras. They found when the drivers texted, their collision risk was 23 times greater than when not texting. The study also measured the time drivers took their eyes from the road to send or receive texts. In the moments before a crash or near crash, drivers typically spent nearly five seconds looking at their devices – enough time at typical highway speeds to cover more than the length of a football field. *Research shows that over half of U.S. drivers report using a cell phone in the past 30 days. *One in seven admit to texting while driving. *Forty-six percent of 16 and 17 year old drivers say they text while driving. *Forty-eight percent of 18 to 24 year old drivers text and drive. *Sixty-seven percent of 25-34 year old drivers talk on their cell phones while driving. *Sixty-five percent of people with a college education talk on their cell phones while driving. *The higher the level of education, the higher use of the cell phone. When you take those statistics into account, it comes as no surprise that the majority of all auto accidents involving personal injury of one or more people are the direct result of the negligence of another person.