This information doesn’t seem like much of a shocker considering the dangers of driving, regardless of if you are on the job or not. I can imagine some of the other more dangerous activities to do on the job must have included certain factory and warehouse jobs or any interaction with heavy machinery.
Some positive news from the report said, “that fatalities per 100 million miles traveled, during the period from 1990 to 2002, have declined 37 percent for large trucks and 28 percent for passenger vehicles.” Vehicle safety improvements probably had a hand in the significant decrease.
Some of the usual suspects were listed in the report for “leading factors in vehicle accidents” including “Cell phone use, drowsiness, reaching for objects, reading, and applying makeup.” Next time you want to catch up on some Steinbeck or Sports Illustrated reading wait until you are not operating a several ton piece of steel.
Well, this isn't surprising -- but scarey nonetheless. How can people not get the message that they must be alert and paying attention to the road when they drive? How can anyone think it is okay to hurtle down the road at 50 miles an hour (or more) and not pay attention? I can't get over that people actually read behind the wheel...
Posted by: Monique Attinger | January 10, 2007 6:37 AM | Permalink to Comment