AAA Study Claims Drivers are Getting Worse
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After dropping for more than a decade, highway deaths in the U.S. have risen for the last two years. A new study shows why: drivers are getting worse.
According to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, more than half of drivers in every age group have texted behind the wheel, run a red light, or driven faster than the speed limit in the last 30 days.
While young drivers are the worst offenders – 88 percent of drivers aged 19 to 24 engaged in at least one of the aforementioned behaviors – older drivers are doing them as well and in larger numbers than expected.
Ten percent of drivers between 60 and 74 have texted or sent email from behind the wheel, while 37 percent of drivers over 75 said they’d driven through a light that had just turned red.
In 2015, U.S. traffic deaths rose seven percent to 35,092, the largest single-year increase in five decades. They’re expected to rise again in 2016.
According to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, more than half of drivers in every age group have texted behind the wheel, run a red light, or driven faster than the speed limit in the last 30 days.
While young drivers are the worst offenders – 88 percent of drivers aged 19 to 24 engaged in at least one of the aforementioned behaviors – older drivers are doing them as well and in larger numbers than expected.
Ten percent of drivers between 60 and 74 have texted or sent email from behind the wheel, while 37 percent of drivers over 75 said they’d driven through a light that had just turned red.
In 2015, U.S. traffic deaths rose seven percent to 35,092, the largest single-year increase in five decades. They’re expected to rise again in 2016.
