The first all-in-one

guide to the

distracted driving

epidemic

By Vijay DixitChairman, Shreya R. Dixit Memorial Foundation

With New York Times Bestselling author Antonia Felix

ONE SPLIT SECONDThe Distracted Driving

Epidemic:How It Kills and How We

Can Fix It

A guide to all the

• Facts

• Consequences

• Solutions

With input from experts in technology,

psychology, safety and policy,

politics, education, and more

From Chapter 5:

“Every time we get behind the wheel, people’s lives are on the line . . . if we would recognize that we would all be safer.”

—Deborah Hersman, President & CEO,

National Safety Council

From Chapter 5:

When I left the department, 44 states had passed laws. . . . I think we saved a lot of lives.

—Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation,

2009-2013

“No text is worth dying for.”

—U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar

(Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 7.21.14)

From Chapter 2:

“The data suggest that eyes off the road for more than 2.5 seconds increases the crash risk.”

—Dr. David Strayer

David Strayer, Ph.D., Professor of Cognition and Neural Science, University of Utah

FACTS

From Chapter 2:

Our roads are packed with drivers who are virtually blind: texting while driving equals . . . driving the length of a football field blindfolded.

FACTS

From Chapter 1:

Using a cell phone while driving is as impairing as driving while drunk.

FACTS

Every day, 13 people in the United States

are killed in a distracted driving

crash.From Chapter 1

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Paradise Lost

The fatal crash that led to the founding of the Shreya R. Dixit Memorial Foundation

CONTENTS

Chapter 2: The Distraction Epidemic

All the facts and figures . . .

CONTENTS

From Chapter 2:

What are the Three Kinds of Distraction?

1. VISUAL

2. MANUAL

3. COGNITIVE (Mental)

Texting involves all three!

CONTENTS

From Chapter 2:

The mystery of INATTENTION BLINDNESS

You literally DON’T SEE what you’re looking at if you’re not paying attention.

CONTENTS

Chapter 3: Solution #1: Technology

Is technology the answer?

CONTENTSChapter 4: Solution #2: Rule of Law

Will new laws wipe out distracted driving?

CONTENTS

Chapter 5: Solution #3: Education: Changing Hearts and Minds

Will education create distraction-free driving?

CONTENTS

Chapter 6: We Can Change the World

Join the movement!

Combined with true stories of loss that cut to the heart of this tragic issue, this is the first all-in-one guide to a crisis that affects us all.

From Chapter 1:

“She had that really curious spirit, wanting to see the world and explore and leave her mark in the world in whatever form.” —A Friend of Shreya Dixit

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