{"id":5676,"date":"2016-08-02T05:45:36","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T05:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/blogs\/?p=5676"},"modified":"2020-03-17T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T20:11:00","slug":"life-in-the-fast-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.terrybryant.com\/blogs\/life-in-the-fast-lane","title":{"rendered":"Life in the Fast Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is Speed Deadlier Than Distraction?<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do you know what the leading behavior involved in traffic fatalities is? Drunk driving<\/a>? Distracted driving?<\/p>

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No\u2014according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA), driving too fast was the leading behavior involved in traffic fatalities in 2014. In 18.8% of fatal crashes, driving too fast was reported, followed by driving under the influence in 12.3% of these incidents.<\/p>\n

Houston freeways are full of fast drivers, even when traffic is clogging multiple lanes of the roadway. It is not uncommon to have a driver zip past a stopped line of vehicles by moving onto the shoulder.<\/p>\n

Although traffic fatalities have certainly decreased with advancement in vehicular technology, human error is still responsible for deaths that could have been avoided.<\/p>\n

When you are behind the wheel, take a proactive stance in decreasing the number of traffic fatalities by monitoring the following behaviors which, according to the NTHSA, were the leading human behaviors reported in traffic fatalities in 2014:<\/p>\n