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iving iscomplex t
sk tht should occupy the d
ive’s full
ttention.hile
ell kno
tht checking ou
smtphoneshile
e dive is both dist
cting
nd dnge
ous, mny people continue to eng
ge in such celess behvio
s. The ince
se in distcted diving
ith theise of mobile technology h
s contibuted to inc
esed
ccidents on ouhigh
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l Highy Tffic Sfety
dministtion (NHTS)
tes th
td
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ed to be distcted<>hen he
ttention is focused on
nyctivity othe
thn the m
in tsk of d
iving. Distctions e divided into thee b
sic clssific
tions,hich include m
nul dist
ctions (
emoving youh
nds fom the
heel), visul dist
ctions (looking
nyhe
e but theo
d),nd cognitive dist
ctions (thinking
bout something otheth
n diving). Texting is conside
ed one of the most dnge
ous foms of dist
cted d
iving becuse it eng
gesll th
ee clssific
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e seve
l kinds of collisions f
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-end Collisions:
e
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shen
vehicle cshes into the vehicle in font of it. The <
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collisions
e
e-endccidents
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bout 29 pe
cent ofccidents n
tionlly. Dist
cted d
iving is closelyssoci
tedith
e-end cshes,hich c
n nge fom quite mino
to vey se
iousccidents (depending on the speed of imp
ct)nd commonly le
d tohipl
sh, spinl inju
ies, hed inju
ies, fci
l lce
tions,
nd leg,nkle,
nd knee injuies.
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side-impct o
T-Bone collision occus
hen one vehicle hitsnothe
pependicul
ly (
s often hppens
t intesections). Such
ccidents e often theesult of
dive
unning
ed light o
stop sign of
iling to yieldhen tu
ning,hich commonly occu
shen
dive
is not pying
dequte
ttention due to distction. Side-impct
ccidents e often quite seious
nd cn
esult inhipl
sh, neck injuies, he
d injuies,
bdominl inju
ies, spinl inju
ies, lce
tions,
nd mny othe
seious conditions.
li>
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hed-on o
font
l impct collision occu
shen one vehicle plo
s hedlong into
nothevehicle o
solid object; the sheefo
ce involved cn be ext
emely dnge
ous. Like the otheccident ctego
ies, font
l impct collisions
e closely
ssocited
ith distcted diving. He
d-on collisions genelly cuse inju
ies simil to those cused by side-imp
ct collisions but<sp
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ccident<> cused by
distcted dive
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lttention
nd then spek
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ienced Houston lyebout youightsnd options.
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