It may be that U.S. government statistics under-report the role of distracted driving especially since smartphones have become all-purpose devices rather than just relied upon for casual yakking.
According to Bloomberg, it is getting far more dangerous on the roads particularly for those outside the vehicles.
Over the past two years, after decades of declining deaths on the road, U.S. traffic fatalities surged by 14.4 percent…There are however three big clues, and they don’t rest along the highway. One, as you may have guessed, is the substantial increase in smartphone use by U.S. drivers as they drive.
The second clue is that Americans are supposedly abandoning mere chit-chat and using their phones behind wheel for texting and accessing social media portals such as Facebook and Instagram, which obviously takes a lot more attention.
The third clue is found among those who have borne the brunt of smartphone distraction...read more>>>...
