Safe Driving 1

   I'm going to be making an animated cartoon about safe driving and to do that I need to do some research on safe driving first. I went online and found some facts about safe driving so I will be posting them now.

The website I used was: http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/roadsafety/10_en.html

1. More than 1.2 million people die in road traffic crashes a year.
2. Enforcing a drinking and driving law reduces the amount of alcohol related accidents by 20 percent.
3. Child restraints reduce a child's death by 35 percent.
4. Car crashes cost a nation 4 percent of their GNP (Gross National Product).
5. Death from car crashes is greatly reduced by 61 percent with correct seat belt usage.
6. Serious head injuries is greatly reduced by 45 percent with the use of helmets.
7. 50 million people are injured or disabled a year from car crashes.
8. There is a 2 percent car crash reduction with every 1 km/h reduced from the average speed.
9. 50 percent of the victims from a car crash are vulnerable road users who are not even driving a car.
10. Low cost engineering measures are saving thousands of lives.

The second website I used was: http://www.journeysafe.org/The_Facts/

1. 16 to 18 year-olds have the highest crash rate in comparison to any other age group.
2. 65 percent of all teen passenger deaths occurred when another teen was driving.
3. 75 percent of all teenagers who drive admitted to text messaging while driving.
4. There are around 18 teen deaths daily in America from car crashes.
5. Inexperience teens behind the wheel is the leading cause to of teenage car crashes.
6. Alcohol and drugs were surprisingly not factors for 70 percent of the car accidents.
7. 90 percent of the teen who drive also admitted to multitasking while driving which is a reason for all the car accidents.
8. When there are other teens in the car the teen that's driving often forgets to put a seat belt on.
9. The biggest factor contributing to teen fatal accidents is the amount of passengers in the car.
10. Flaring emotions and distractions undermine a teens better judgement and decision-making skills.