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Distracted driving cost 3308 lives in 2022 [1]. Alcohol is at 13384 in 2021 [2]. Although you're right that alcohol does claim more lives, distracted driving
by porphyra 2y ago
Distracted driving cost 3308 lives in 2022 [1].
Alcohol is at 13384 in 2021 [2].
Although you're right that alcohol does claim more lives, distracted driving is still highly dangerous and isn't all that rare.
[1] https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving
[2] https://www.nhtsa.gov/book/countermeasures-that-work/alcohol-impaired-driving https://www.nhtsa.gov/book/countermeasures-that-work/alcohol...
- akira2501 2y agoThey do a disservice by not further breaking down distracted driving by age. Once you see it that way it's hard to accept that distracted driving on it's own is the appropriate target. Anyways.. NHTSA publishes the FARS. This is the definitive source if you want to understand the demographics of fatalities in the USA. https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-report...