A recent study conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute reconfirmed that driver inattention is the leading factor in most auto crashes and near crashes. The most predominant distraction was using a cell phone.
The Naturalistic Driving Study tracked 100 cars equipped with video and sensor devices for more than one year. According to the study, nearly 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involved some form of driver inattention within three seconds before the event. The 241 studied were involved in 82 crashes, 761 near crashes, and 8,295 critical incidents throughout the duration of the study.
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