This section discusses about distracted drivers while drunk driving f.
Fatalities have decreased an after years of improvement and awareness in driving safety.
Traffic fatalities are on the rise again.
There are a number of reasons as to why accidents have increased.
The first reason tohat accidents have increased accident is due to texting while driving, drivers are using apps to follow directions, playing games on theire phone, such as Pokemon Go and eating.
There was an accidents 10 years ago, 25 year old Matthew died after he was hit owhilst riding a bicycle, by a teen driver who was using her phone during the time to download ring tones on her phone.
Safety advocates say this behavior like this is unacceptable and problems like this can get worse.
Although Illinois Lawmakers have increased the penalties for people who are distracted while driving but , the number of fatalities haves hastill increased.
In the state of New York they have suggested to allow police to check whether a driver was using a phone at the time of the crash, however you have to get court authority for this and privacy advocators have protested.
The second reason there has been an increase in accidents aris due to higher speed limits combined with distracted driving, which results in increased fatalities.
Lastly, the third reason for increased traffic fatalities is the economy.
The safety council notes that the number of miles driven have gone up. This means that more people, driving farther, and faster, with more distractions are likely to die on the roads.
With everything stated above, what is required, is a shift in attitude when it comes to driving. Only then will changes occur.