Why Do People Use Electronics While Driving Dangerous?

Drivers under the age of 20 are reported to have the highest rates of involvement in fatal distracted driving car accidents (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Washington, D.C.). This means that younger drivers are highly distracted by electronics. Technology is constantly evolving and it is directly affecting drivers on an everyday basis. Driving requires a large amount of a driver's attention, so when a person believes that taking a second to answer a call does not affect their driving skills they are mistaken. Using electronics while driving is a dangerous action and countless people are dying due to the fact that the drivers attention to driving is altered.
One of the main reasons that using electronics while driving is dangerous is that our brains are not capable of multitasking. According to a study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University, when a driving simulation was conducted, there was a 37% decrease of focus to driving when listening to a conversation was added to the simulation. If listening to something as simple as people talking lowers your focus by 37%, imagine adding a cell phone into the situation. When the brain's focus to
According to Michael Fumento an attorney and journalist, “tests show that drivers' braking distances are much worse while texting than being legally drunk, and texting while driving is seventeen times more dangerous than talking on a cell phone.” A survey conducted in Car and Driver magazine tested out the difference of driving under the influence and driving while using a cell phone. The results are staggering, while driving at 70 mph the drunk driver stopped 4 feet beyond the baseline while the cell phone driver stopped 36 feet beyond the baseline. Both are not as favorable as driving with no distractions, but driving with the use of electronics is far worse than driving