With all the attention on reducing cell-phone use while driving, I hadn’t realized that cell phone use accounts for less than 10% of Distracted-Affected Crashes. National data suggests that over 90% of distracted driving crashes are not from cell phone use, but from other forms of distraction.
Of course, this isn’t an argument for using cell phones while you drive, but it is a healthy reminder to pay attention to driving. There are plenty of other ways to be distracted: eating, music controls, a/c, . . .
What’s your distraction? Mine is flipping through radio stations.
(If you do need an extra push to park your cell-phone while driving, Oregon recorded about 60,500 tickets for cell-phone use from 2017-2021!)