The report, funded by the State Farm insurance company, sought to define distracted driving, and to qualify how often it occurs, how it impacts driver performance and crash risk, and what can be done to combat it.
While noting that many of the results were incomplete or contradictory, the report found that drivers are distracted as much as half the time that they're driving, that distraction affects performance, and that distractions -- including cell phone use -- are associated with an estimated 15 to 25 percent of all crashes.
The study said that, in observations of 100 drivers continually for a year, about two-thirds reported using a cell phone while driving, and about one-third regularly did so. This is an increase from observational studies in 2009, where about seven to ten percent of drivers were found to be using a cell phone.
Recent surveys show about one-eighth of all drivers text during driving, also an increase from 2009 studies, which found that less than one percent did so.
The use of mobile devices is a big enough factor, the study found, that it recommends a texting ban for all drivers, and a complete cell phone ban -- including both hands-free and hand-held use -- for "novice drivers."
It also recommended enforcement of all cell phone and texting laws, the implementation of distracted driving communication programs, and the evaluation of existing hand-held cell phone bans before new laws are enacted.
This evaluation,...
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