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The Texting Organization Against Distracted Driving (TOADD) Inc a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to educating teens and pre-teens to use cell phones responsibily. Our mission is to reduce embarrassment, injury and death associated with inappropiate cell phone use. Just remember what we TOADD ya! Drive Read more

It is not a breaking news that texting while driving is a bad idea. However, a research released Monday night reveals just how dangerous it really can be.
After scanning the behavior of truck drivers covering more than 6 million miles of road, the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute concluded that people who send text messages while driving are 23 times more likely to be in a crash than concentrated drivers.
To conduct the research, researchers mounted cameras inside drivers’ vehicles. The research shows where drivers’ eyes were looking as they did various things, such as texting, dialing a cell phone, talking on a phone, and reaching for an object. Not surprisingly, the numbers showed that the tasks that took people’s eyes off the road caused the greatest amount of danger.
In crashes or near-crashes, texting took a driver’s attention away from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds and this time enough for an accident, the research point out that travel the length of a football field at 55 mph.
By contrast, talking on a mobile phone allows drivers to keep their eyes on the road this include an increased risk of only 1.3 times that of a concentrated driver.
The study’s authors called into question past research that indicated driving while talking on a cell phone is as dangerous as driving drunk. The research also has shown that talking on a mobile phone with a wireless headset is not substantially safer than talking on a regular handset. This is because the most significant factor as far as safety is concerned is to keep one’s eyes on the road, the report said.
The institute says any task that takes a driver’s eyes off the road should be avoided and suggests that all cell phone activity should be banned for newly licensed teenagers because they’re more prone to using their phones.

The Texting Organization Against Distracted Driving Inc, TOADD is dedicated to advocating using cell phones responsibly. The mission of our organization is to save lives by educating citizen of the dangers of driving distracted. Cell phone use while driving has reached epidemic levels. Soon the Read more

The Texting Organization Against Distracted Driving Inc, TOADD is dedicated to advocating using cell phones responsibly. The mission of our organization is to save lives by educating citizen of the dangers of driving distracted. Cell phone use while driving has reached epidemic levels. Soon the Read more

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