distraction

Driven to Distraction

The vast majority of car accidents come seconds after a distraction—and not just of the technical variety

Nearly 80 percent of all automobile crashes happen within three seconds of the driver having been distracted, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. That's distraction of any kind, from adjusting the radio, to drinking coffee, to using a cellphone; even to having a conversation with the person in the passenger seat. It seems fancy technology isn't necessary to take a driver's mind off the road.

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