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IMPACT TEXAS YOUNG DRIVERS
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IMPACT TEXAS YOUNG DRIVERSDrinking a latte or soda, texting, applying make-up, viewing a GPS or chatting with
friends while driving are ALL distractions that can result in fatal crashes. - Answers -
True
Over 3000 teens per year, between 15 and 20 years of age lose their lives in fatal
crashes. - Answers -True
Fatal crashes resulting from distracted driving are 100% preventable. - Answers -True
It's important to realize that when it comes to distracted driving it is not about bad teens
doing bad things, it's about good teens making poor choices. - Answers -True
Whether you are the driver or passenger, it's extremely important to always make good
choices and to speak up when you find yourself in an unsafe situation. - Answers -True
The estimated economic loss of ALL motor vehicle crashes in 2012 was $26,000. -
Answers -False
There wasn't one day without a death on Texas roadways in 2012. - Answers -True
Over 230,506 people were injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 1907. - Answers -
False
In 2012, one person was killed in a car crash every 2 hours 35 minutes. - Answers -True
91,264 Texas teen drivers between the ages of 15 and 19 were involved in crashes
during a one year period. - Answers -True
Drugs are the #1 killer of teens in America. - Answers -False
Drivers between the ages of 55 - 70 have the largest proportion of drivers killed due to
distracted driving. - Answers -False
Teens renamed the Probability Wheel, "It Probably Won't Happen to Me Wheel". -
Answers -False
Distracted driving can take a life in a blink of an eye. - Answers -True
400,000 people are seriously injured in car crashes each year. - Answers -True
What is the definition of distracted driving? - Answers -Any activity that could divert a
person's attention away from the primary task of driving.
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