Teen+Car+Accidents

This site is provide by an attorney center and establishes information dealing with teens and texting while driving. The site provides alot of information dealing with injuries and recks caused by texting compared to other car crashes. The percentage of teens affected by texing while driving is alot larger than adults.
 * Bus, Turning. "Texting, Teens and Car Accidents | New York City Car Accident Lawyer | Bronx Car Crash Attorney." //New York City Personal Injury Attorney | NYC Wrongful Death Lawyer | Midtown Manhattan Car Accident Law Firm//. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. <__ [|http://www.smileylaw.com/Articles/Texting-Teens-and-Car-Accidents.shtml>.] __

= **__Facts__** =
 * 1) more than 350,000 teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 were treated in emergency departments for injuries resulting from [|car accidents].
 * 2) from 1995 to 2004 crashes involving 15- to 17-year-old drivers claimed the lives of 30,917 people.
 * 3) novice drivers fixate on middle, faraway portions of the roadway, whereas experienced drivers tend to glance in many different directions and fixate less.
 * 4) Experienced drivers are also more aware of potential danger zones.
 * 5) A 2009 New York Times article states that from 1995 to 2008, the number of wireless subscribers in the United States increased eightfold, to 270 million
 * 6) from 1995 to 2008, the number of wireless subscribers in the United States increased eightfold, the number of minutes used has increased by a factor of 58.
 * 7) a recent study states that the risk of crashing when driving while using a cell phone is four times that of a non-impaired driver
 * 8) the same increase in risk for drivers with a blood-alcohol content of .08.
 * 9) Texting drivers carry eight times the risk of crashes when compared to a non-impaired driver.
 * 10) The Virginia Polytech thesis referred to a study stating that text messaging increased by 400 percent the time spent with drivers' eyes off the road and on the device.
 * 11) The Texas Transportation Institute issued a report stating that the proportion of fatal crashes at night involving drivers between the ages of 16 and 19 increased ten percent from 1999 to 2008
 * 12) the percentage for drivers 20 and older rose by eight percent.
 * 13) Introduced in April 2010, The Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection Act (STANDUP) would require states to adopt a staged licensing program.
 * 14) Drivers under age 21 would be required to pass through two limited-privilege stages prior to obtaining unrestricted licenses.
 * 15) While the increase in nighttime crashes in the older age group can be primarily attributed to alcohol consumption, the study authors pointed to mobile phone use, both talking and texting, as a likely cause of the increase in fatalities among younger drivers.