Keep your eyes on the road
Mt. Pleasant, IL - According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, close to 85% of drivers with cell phones talk on their phones while they are driving. Six percent of drivers talking are their cells are responsible for causing accidents. This means that people talking on their cell phones cause 330,000 accident injuries and 2600 deaths.
Two drivers came close to being another statistic on Monday when they cars collided, causing considerable damge to their cars. According to local authorities, one of the drivers, Alexander Lyles, of New London, who was northbound on Henry-DesMoines Ave., stopped on a traveled portion of the road to answer a text message. He was driving a 2003 Ford Focus.
Conrad Totemeier, also of New London, was headed in the same direction in his 1998 Chevy Cavalier. He was distracted by his car radio.
Totemeier's vehicle struck the back end of Lyles' vehicle. Fortunately, neither driver was injured in the accident, but their vehicles sustained approximately $3000 in damages.
Distractions, be it cell phones, or other things are becoming the number one cause of vehicle crashes across the United States.
