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1 Distracted Driving: Professional and Personal Considerations Joel Feldman, Esq., MS,  [email protected] PA Workers’ Compensation Conference June 12, 2017  |  Harrisburg, PA What is Distracted Driving? Driving while engaged in any activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary task of driving. (SOURCE:  Distraction.gov / NHTSA)

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Distracted Driving: Professional and Personal Considerations

Joel Feldman, Esq., MS,  [email protected]

PA Workers’ Compensation ConferenceJune 12, 2017  |  Harrisburg, PA

What is Distracted Driving?

Driving while engaged in any activity that could divert a person's attention away from the primary 

task of driving.

(SOURCE:  Distraction.gov / NHTSA)

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∙ Manual∙ Visual∙ Cognitive

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF DISTRACTION

Quebec Bus Driver

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∙ Shocking

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION?

∙ Irresponsible

∙ Selfish

∙ Dangerous ∙ Disrespectful

∙ Crazy

Xavier Davis‐Bilbo

Milwaukee, WI

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Abbotsford Police Department Video

Casey Feldman, 1988 ‐ 2009

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DISTRACTED DRIVING

Kills 10 people every day and injures more than 1000

Causes more crashes than drunk driving 

Is believed to cause more than 50% of teen crashes

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See others driving distracted and criticize them... 

Tell our children not to drive distracted...

Encourage our employees to drive safely... — Yet require their prompt responses to texts and

e‐mails, even when driving?

— Yet drive distracted with our children in the car?

—Yet drive distracted ourselves?

DO WE 

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Yet 67% of us continue to use our cell phones 

88% OF US FEEL THREATENED WHEN OTHER DRIVERS USE CELL PHONES

LOOKING AWAY FROM THE ROAD TO TEXT, USE AN APP OR CHANGE MUSIC

At 50 mph we travel about 75 feet per second 

How Far Will We Go In 4 Seconds When Travelling 50 Mph?

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How Far Will You Travel?

Producer Alex Emmons for the Minnesota Dept. of Public Safety 2011 

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COGNITIVE DISTRACTIONS

Switching  attention versus true multi‐tasking

Inattention blindness

Tunnel vision

Distraction continues even after we stop using smartphones/ factory installed equipment

The Distracted Mind Toyota

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Marcel Just, Ph D.  Carnegie Mellon University

Driving withSentence ListeningDriving Alone

Cognitive demands of cell phone use narrows our field of vision

Transport Canada

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IF WE ARE COGNITIVELY DISTRACTED WILL A BLUE‐TOOTH OR VOICE‐TO‐TEXT FEATURES BE SAFE?

No safety benefit for hands‐free versus hand held cell phone use

Voice‐to‐text technologies are no safer than manual texting. 

NSC White Paper  March  2010   “Understanding the distracted brain.”

Texas A&M Transportation Institute, April 2013.

TRAFFIC FATALITIES INCREASE7.2% FROM 2014 TO 2015… 2016?

32,744 to 35,092

Injuries 2.34M to 2.44M

Largest % increase in 50 years

Deaths 9% higher through the first six months of 2016 than in 2015, and 18% higher than two years ago at the six month mark.

*US DOT/NHTSA 2015 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview‐August 2016

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DISTRACTED DRIVING FATALITIES GREW BY THE  LARGEST %

*US DOT/NHTSA 2015 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview‐August 2016

Speeding, 3%Alcohol‐impaired, 

3%

Failing to Wear Seat Belt, 5%

Distracted Driving, 8.80%

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

6%

7%

8%

9%

10%

Axis Title

OF ALL THE 2015 FATALITIES ATTRIBUTED TO HUMAN CHOICE

NERVOUS ABOUT BEING INJURED OR KILLED BY A DISTRACTED DRIVER?

Rethinking defensive driving in light of distracted drivers

Expect the unexpected

Continuously scan the roadway

Drive within the assured clear distance

Protecting ourselves from distracted drivers 

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THE COGNITIVE PROCESSES REQUIRED FOR DEFENSIVE DRIVING: 

Predicting where threats may come from

Identifying visible threats

Deciding whether to act and what action to take

Executing appropriate Responses

Scanning for potential threats

SPIDER

WHEN WE DRIVE DISTRACTED CAN WE PROTECT OURSELVES AND THOSE WE LOVE FROM 

DISTRACTED DRIVERS?

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WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOUR CHILDREN LOOK AWAY FROM THE ROAD FOR A FEW SECONDS

2 cameras‐one on driver and one on road‐split screen

AAA Foundation and Lytx

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AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY  STUDY LOOKED AT VIDEO FROM ABOUT 1700 TEEN CRASHES

Distraction a factor in 58% of all crashes (89% of road departure and 75% rear end crashes)

Interacting w/passenger and cell phone use largest contributor to crashes

Compare w/ NHTSA’s estimate of about 20% of crashes distraction‐related

“My mom tells me not to drive distracted but she does it all the time…I guess you could say she is a hypocrite.”

© 2016. All rights reserved. Anapol Weiss. 28

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“I have to be a good role model for my little brother and sister‐ I  can’t drive distracted with them watching like my mom and dad do.” 

© 2016. All rights reserved. Anapol Weiss. 29

What have you been teaching yourChildren about distracted driving?

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Don’t let those you careabout drive distracted

Bridgestone and Tosh Chambers, Harrisburg, PA.

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EMPLOYER CELLPHONE POLICY

EACH OF US HAS THE POWER TO

Choose to drive distraction free

Change the way those we care about drive

SO DISTRACTION‐FREE DRIVING IS SOCIALLY ACCEPTED AND EXPECTED

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“End Distracted Driving” & “The Casey Feldman Network”

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