Monday, April 30, 2012

Turn signal neglect results in over twice as many crashes as distracted driving

Turn signal neglect results in over twice as many crashes as distracted driving

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has taken dead aim at stamping out distracted driving and with good reason. Last year, inattentive drivers caused around 950,000 accidents. But according to a new study by the Society of Automotive Engineers, there's another issue causing even more accidents across the country: turn signal neglect. According to their research, drivers neglect their turn signals, either by failing to turn when their signal is activated or not activating the signal at all, an astonishing 750 billion times a year.

Autoblog, Turn signal neglect results in over twice as many crashes as distracted driving

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