About 16 percent of fatal crashes and 22 percent of injury crashes involve driver inattention.
• Talking and texting on cell phones while driving is a factor in 28 percent of all crashes, including
property damage crashes.
• Cell phone users are four times more likely to be involved in collisions resulting in injury.
• Cell phones are a unique distraction because they involve all three types of driver distraction:
taking your hands off the wheel, eyes off the road and mind off driving.
As a result, we have decided to implement a new policy on cell phone use while driving. Briefly, the
policy is intended to keep you and others safe.