oldsoul
Gold Member
Let me start by saying that I drive for a living. While I don't log the hours that many OTR drivers do, nor do I frequent major metro areas, ok, not even minor ones (the biggest "metro" area I frequent has a population of about 125k), I log around 2,000 miles a month. I see alot of really poor driving habits such as: following too close, lack of turn signals, no headlights (even during inclimate weather), speeding, and distracted driving.
Here are a few statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau's web page (most are from 2009, unless noted):
Here are a few statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau's web page (most are from 2009, unless noted):
- There where 10.8 million crashes.
- More than half of people who died, where not wearing a seatbelt according to the CDC.
- Distracted drivers account for 16% of fatal crashes, and 20% of injuries.
- According to propertycasualty360.com 12% of distracted drivers where using their cell phone, while 62% where "daydreaming" (2012 numbers).
- Drunk drivers accounted for 22.3% of fatalities.
- Speeding was attributed to 31.3% of fatal crashes.
- From 1999-2009, 0.6% of crashes involved a fatality.