Selfie mania driving: when fashion is the new danger – Quotidiano.net

Take a selfie while in the car involves a distraction than 14 seconds, check the social media about 20 seconds: u No time during which a car that goes to 100 km / h travels a distance of 5 football fields

Rome, August 11, 2014 – The selfie-mania becomes more and more proselytes, but is likely to become very dangerous if you are self-timer to shoot the famous drivers of other vehicles. Sounding the alarm for accidents caused by this fashion, it is the ‘ Friends Association supporters traffic police , who have long pointed out the’ increased use of smartphones and tablet motorists . “Where before there was only the one who was talking on the phone without a headset – says the president dell’Asaps, Jordan Biserni – now there are those who browse online, those tweets, those who use Whatsapp. And now who is a photographer.

The monitoring dall’Asaps promoted last December was detected as 12.4% of motorists in peak hours would use the phone while driving, reaching peaks of 16%. And a recent study by Ford on distractions the steering wheel, conducted on a sample of 7 thousand young Europeans aged between 18 and 24 years old, has certified that one of 4 took a “selfie” at the wheel (26% among Italians) while as many as two out of four admit they took pictures while they were driving. “Increasingly, states Biserni, you can see tablet positioned directly on the steering wheel. But even motorcyclists who write messages or hold the phone wedged between your ear and the helmet. It is not known how many accidents, from minor to fatal accidents caused by distraction due to the use of smartphones and tablet, but you know they are at increased casualties for no apparent reason. And they are about 35% of the spills to slip in just the fatalities of the weekend.

“Taking a ‘selfie’ driving – says the president dell’Asaps – involves a distraction average duration of 14 seconds, while accessing social media can devolve the driver from road for 20 seconds during which time a car that goes 100 km / h travels a distance of 5 football fields. Whilst there are 7 seconds during which you divert your eyes off the road to dial a number on a cell phone. A 50 km / h you are 98 meters in the dark at 100 km / h are almost 200 meters. A folly. ”