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Saturday, April 13, 2019

Phone addicts are the new drunk drivers

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  • [Phone Addicts] hide in plain sight, blatantly staring at their phones while driving down the road.
  • On any given trip, they physically touch their phones four times more than the average driver. 
  • As a result, they spend six times longer watching their screens.
  • Their eyes are off of the road for 28 percent of their time spent on the road.
  • Almost all our respondents thought they were safe drivers, but were willing to admit that they use their phones in the car all the time, signaling a cognitive disconnect between knowing the risks and taking action.