OSHP reminds drivers to keep eyes on the road
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Georgetown – The Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to keep their eyes and focus on the roadway while driving. From 2008–2010 there were 31,024 crashes that were caused by distracted driving in Ohio. Seventy-one of these crashes ended in a death and 7,678 included injuries.
Distracted driving is and non-driving activity a person engages in that has potential to distract him or her from the primary task of driving and increase the risk of crashing. Distractions can be visual – taking eyes of the road; manual – taking hands off the wheel; or cognitive – taking the mind off driving. Texting for example includes all three.
“Every single time someone takes their eyes or their focus off the road - even for just a few seconds - they put their lives and the lives of others in danger,” said Lt. McElfresh, Commander of the Georgetown Post.
“Distracted driving is unsafe, irresponsible and in a split second, its consequences can be devastating.”
According to the National Highway Safety Administration 5,474 people died nationally in 2009 in distraction-related crashes – of these, 18 percent involved cell phone use.
GEORGETOWN – The Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to keep their eyes and focus on the roadway while driving. From 2008–2010 there were 31,024 crashes that were caused by distracted driving in Ohio. Seventy-one of these crashes ended in a death and 7,678 included injuries.
Distracted driving is and non-driving activity a person engages in that has potential to distract him or her from the primary task of driving and increase the risk of crashing. Distractions can be visual – taking eyes of the road; manual – taking hands off the wheel; or cognitive – taking the mind off driving. Texting for example includes all three.
“Every single time someone takes their eyes or their focus off the road - even for just a few seconds - they put their lives and the lives of others in danger,” said Lt. McElfresh, Commander of the Georgetown Post.
“Distracted driving is unsafe, irresponsible and in a split second, its consequences can be devastating.”
According to the National Highway Safety Administration 5,474 people died nationally in 2009 in distraction-related crashes – of these, 18 percent involved cell phone use.
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