According to the survey conducted by Ford Motor Company (FMC), many drivers do not realize the danger does not focus on the road. For example, from phone calls, SMS, or "fuel-an". In fact, just one second my eyes off the road, death was lurking. Most of them actually know the risks that threatened the safety, but it is still often performed.
The survey carried out on 5500 drivers in Germany, Spain, France, Britain, Italy and Russia. The result is 48 percent of drivers say, at least once to see their mobile phone when driving. In fact, 61 percent of Italian respondents said they had done, 55 percent of Russians, 49 percent (France and Germany), 40 percent (Spain) and 33 percent (UK).Surprisingly, 95 percent of all respondents (six states) was conscious, to SMS or BBM's time to drive that led to decreased concentration and reaction. Half of respondents also said they would slow down the time to look into the phone.
In the United States, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood anti SMS campaigns for the road. In fact, plans to make regulations for all automakers in the U.S. to modify all the comfort features can only be used when the car stops.
Meanwhile, in Europe, some countries also began to implement a regulatory ban on SMS while driving. Kerndati so impressed was half-hearted implementation. Because the government imposed fines was small, only 60 euros (USD 716 400) for a single offense.
"Every country has the policy of each of these problems and depending on how to handle it," commented a spokesman for the European Transport Safety Council.
FatalAccording to the UK Department for Transport, recorded 324 fatal crashes or 20 percent of the total events across the country jkarena driver does not focus on the road. While in the United States, according to reports the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 3092 people died, or 9.4 percent of the total accidents on the highway, it is directly related to the same problem.
