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Cell Phone Use While Driving
• Review of recent studies on hands free and findings
• Exercise to demonstrate hands free distraction
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Introduction
• In BC on average, 23 workers are killed, and another 1,290 are injured and miss time from work due to work-related motor vehicle incidents (MVIs).
September 30, 2014
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Introduction
• Alaska Hwy from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson• 4th deadliest Highway in BC 30 Fatal crashes in last 10 years.
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Distracted Driving
• Do you talk hands free, while driving?• Do you talk on a hand held cell phone?• Do you text while driving?• Do you Drink and Drive?
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Distracted Driving
Driving Drunk LESS dangerous than
using either hand held or hands free
cell phone!
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Distracted Driving
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Distracted Driving
• Method of Test• In Laboratory • Driving Simulator• In Cars while driving through a neighbourhood
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Distracted Driving
Cell phone users had MORE
crashes than Drunk Drivers!
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Distracted Driving
PERCENTAGE DECREASE IN REACTION TIME
At the Legal Limit for Alcohol
Under the influence of Cannabis
Talking on a Hands- Free Cell Phone
Speech to Text system
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Distracted Driving
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Recent Studies
DRIVERS IN SIMULATORS WHILE USING HANDS FREE REAR
ENDED VEHICLES!
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Recent Studies
CELL PHONE USE SAFER THAN DRUNK
DRIVING
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Exercise to Demonstrate Driving Distraction
Driving Challenge
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Distracted Driving
STRONGEST EVIDENCE YET THAT HANDS-FREE DOES NOT
MEAN RISK-FREE
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Distracted Driving
Multiple Studies (Including Pop Culture)Hands Free Hand Held Still DistractedWorse Than Drinking And Driving
• REVIEW