The Inconvenient Truth Behind the Pandemic Rise in Distracted Driving - Streetsblog USA
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Cell phone use behind the wheel skyrocketed during the pandemic, even among drivers whose insurance companies rewarded them for keeping phones stashed.
According to a new report, 'distracted driving' events increased around 20 percent between the early days of 2020 and 2022.
Roughly 34 percent of crashes recorded among the company's customers involved a driver who had been using a cell phone either at the time of impact, or at some point in the 60 seconds immediately before the crash.
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