Question

it is estimated that over ___________% of all crashes in the u.s. are caused by driver distraction.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: 50%
Driver's distraction in this context refers to every actions that could take away the driver's focus from the road in front of him/her. This could include things such as looking at mobile phone while driving, lack of sleep, conversing with passengers, etc.

Answer 2

It is estimated that over 50% of all crashes in the U.S are caused by driver distractions.

Further explanation:

In U.S, it has been found that approximately 58% crashes take place among the teenagers. There are various reasons behind distracted driving like eating, adjusting music, handling children, texting while driving, using GPS and talking to other person.

DISTRACTED DRIVING

Distracted driving can be referred as any action which takes away the driver’s focus and which results into accidents or in any other tragedy.  Texting while driving is one of the major reasons of distracted driving. There are other reasons like eating and talking to people also distracts the driver.  

Distracted driving is very dangerous because there are cases in which people have lost their lives. This behavior is mostly seen in teenagers so the percentage of crashes is higher in teenagers as comparison to other age group.

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Answer details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Social Studies

Topic: Distracted Driving

Keywords: distractions, driving, dangerous, behavior, teenagers, accidents, crashes, texting