Drivers Continue To Speed, Use Cell Phones Behind The Wheel, According To New AAA Survey

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Some of the astir deadly habits down the instrumentality are inactive a large problem, according to a caller AAA survey.

“The fig of motorists who continually velocity up, who continually usage their compartment telephone portion driving, that fig is inactive beauteous high.” said Regina Ali, nationalist and authorities affairs manager astatine AAA Mid-Atlantic.

The group’s yearly Traffic Safety Culture Index released connected Thursday shows that astir fractional the drivers successful the self-reported survey admitted to speeding, and astir one-third said they utilized a handheld telephone portion driving.

“We person to punctual each different erstwhile we’re successful the car and 1 of america touches our telephone erstwhile we’re driving, we say, ‘No, no, nary you can’t bash that.’” said Abby Mayou of Massachusetts.

The study said there’s been an wide alteration successful unsafe driving behaviors implicit the past 3 years similar moving reddish lights, driving portion drowsy and driving portion impaired.

But fatalities were up past twelvemonth and the bureau said there’s inactive a batch of country for improvement.

“The intent is to amended the nationalist astir what we’re seeing connected the roadworthy ways however we arsenic motorists tin beryllium much responsible,” said Ali.

One happening to note, the survey did not code whether changes successful manner during the pandemic contributed to the reported changes successful driving behaviors for amended oregon worse.

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The afloat survey tin beryllium work here.