Fleet Safety Course LLLC Defensive Driving About Avatar Free Stuff Become A Member Contact Us Survey: Increase in Drivers Watching Videos While Driving Previous Next Survey: Increase in Drivers Watching Videos While Driving By avatarmsadmin|October 26th, 2018|Articles, Real Life Claims Simply put, the road is filled with idiots. They’re a danger to themselves. Worst of all, they’re a danger to others. It seems there are more and more selfish people out there willing to risk the lives of others, and for what? To watch a Youtube video? To stream Netflix? It’s downright scary. Public Service Safety exists to educate your workers on how to stay safe on the roads. Driving is the most dangerous aspect of your workers’ jobs, and it’s because other people put them in danger. Let’s Chat today to learn how our world-class training can make your people safer when amateur drivers around them take unnecessary risks. John Kuder, Writer and LLLC Certified Instructor WOODBURY – There may be a new troubling distraction that could make it more dangerous on the roads. Driving education website DriversEd.com surveyed 1,400 hundred drivers nationwide. They say eight percent of people admitted to watching YouTube videos while driving and four percent said they had watched Netflix while driving. Nassau Highway Patrol officers say this growing problem has led to a stepped-up enforcement effort in the department. The survey also showed roughly 18 percent of drivers admitted to checking their social media apps and 11 percent of drivers said they have read text messages while behind the wheel. News 12 Long Island (2018, October 12). survey-increase-in-drivers-watching-videos-while-driving. https://longisland.news12.com/story/39279690/survey-increase-in-drivers-watching-videos-while-driving VIEW SOURCE ARTICLE Related Posts Recent Posts Not Safe (at) Work? America’s 15 Most Dangerous Jobs Survey: Increase in Drivers Watching Videos While Driving Office of Highway Safety Kicks off Pedestrian Safety Campaign 3 Utility Crews Dispatched to South Alabama, Florida Video Captures Safety Issues Near Downtown Cleveland Highway Worksite Archives October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 ©2020 Avatar Management Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. LLLC is a registered trademark of Avatar.