This is the most distracted group of people when they are driving

This is the most distracted group of people when they are drivingThis is the most distracted group of people when they are drivingTexting might be the most prominent contributor to lethal road distractions, but it does stand on its own. A new surveyof 2,000 Americans conducted by Zebra outed some of the other frequent and often underreported offenders.From screaming kids to selfies, lets examine the top factors keeping Americans preoccupied behind the wheel and its mortality impact.The most frequent offendersAbout nine people are killed a day due to a distracted driver, and an additional 1,000 are injured. Distracted driving accounted for 3,450 deaths back in 2016, 3,166 deaths in 2017 and 4,637 deaths just last year.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreTexting plays a colossal role, unsurprisingly but work-related messages do a lot of the legwork for young people in particular. Thir ty-seven percent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 34 said that they feel intensely pressured to respond to work emails and messages while they are operating a vehicle. This is more than 10% than the national average that identifies with this pressure. Of course, not all phone distractions belong to overachievement-other significantdigital factors include browsing social media, taking photos (one out of three female respondents said they took photos while they drove), watchingvideos, and streaming shows.The severity of these statistics is actually affected by the kind of phone each respondent had. Sixteen percent of iPhone users claimed to never get distracted while driving, while 23% of Android users said the same. Compared to Androidusers, iPhone users were also twice as likely to video chat while driving, use Instagram, stream shows on Netflix and Hulu, and take photos and videos. Ten percent of iPhone users confessed to watching Youtube while driving, compared to 4% of A ndroid users.According to the report, Distracted driving - including texting while driving - is the cause of more than 58% of crashes involving teen drivers.Whats more, it was determined that a driver is eight times more likely to get into a car crash when reaching for something.Older Americans had different pressing distractions, namely children. Eighty-seven percent of adults with small children in the car, reported finding it challenging to remain focused on the road. Thirty-one percent of participants said that they were more distracted when their dogs were in the car with them.The other major funder of these rates is alcohol consumption. Drunk driving is responsible for twenty-nine deaths a day and ten thousand per year.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people