AAA Study Finds "Widespread Indifference" To Unsafe Driving Habits

So...once again I ask...."What...are you stupid?"

According to the newest AAA Foundation Traffic Safety Culture Index report, 90% of American drivers admit to risky driving practices, such as drowsy, drunk (impaired) or drugged driving, running red lights, or texting while driving, according to new data released by AAA Thursday.

90%!!!!!!!

It’s not just that they admit it, AAA said, they don’t really care.

“It’s not that most drivers don’t know the difference between right and wrong, safe or unsafe,” AAA spokesperson Cheryl Parker said. “But there is a culture of widespread indifference, leading more and more people to pay a deadly price."

You can download the report here.

And please visit the original site where I found this article at WCPO in Cincinnati

Drive safe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Distracted Drivers Are Even More Dangerous Than You Thought

In the spirit of giving credit where it's due, I'd like to share this article from the Huffington Post.

Please read it!!! There is some good information that needs to be heard by anyone!!! Read the comments too.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/distracted-driving-study_us_56ccd2a9e4b041136f18a7aa

Little Falls teen to be Sentenced

 Little Falls girl who was messaging while driving has pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal vehicular homicide for her involvement in a collision that killed a man and his 10-year-old daughter.

According to Inforum.com Carlee Rose Bollig, 17, is scheduled to be sentenced March 4 in Sherburne County District Court. She had been accused of being the driver of a vehicle that ran a red light on U.S. Highway 10 at Sherburne County Road 11 in Becker.

You can read the whole article here.

This is absolutely horrible for ALL parties!!!!

What...are you stupid??

Drivers ass-u-me (do I really need to explain??) they can handle texting while driving and remain safe, but the numbers don't lie - distracted driving is a factor in one in four crashes.

Texting while driving causes:

• 1,600,000 accidents per year.

• 330,000 injuries per year.

• 11 teen deaths every day.

• Nearly 25 percent of all car accidents.

Texting while driving Is:

• About six times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated.

• The same as driving after four beers, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

• The No. 1 driving distraction reported by teen drivers.

See what the SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) committee and student council at Pequot Lakes High School are doing about it in the Pine Lakes Echo Journal.

Put Down the Phone - Indiana License Plate

Congratulations to Indiana!!!!

Click here to read the article