The Canadian Automobile Association has completed a survey to see how distracted drivers actually were, and it’s a lot.
Now that almost everything in a car is a touch screen, it’s become a lot easier for drivers to focus on that instead of the road.
Even if it’s just for a few seconds that could prove deadly.
According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, if you’re driving 90/kmh and look away from the road for 5 seconds, that’s like driving the length of a football field with your eyes closed.
In the survey, 79 per cent of respondents said that they do something that distracts them from driving; like look at their phone, use the voice activated features in the car/on their phone or get caught up in the car’s own technologies.
Almost half of Canadians asked admitted that to setting their destination in their GPS while driving.
You can read all the distracted details about drivers from CAA here.
