Regardless of what generation you are let’s get to our destination safely. Arkansas has a U DRIVE. U TEXT. U PAY: STATEWIDE FORCES SET TO CURB DISTRACTED DRIVING VIOLATORS” lifesaving initiative in effect all year but on the super lookout until October 12th.
Millennials and older Generation Z drivers have become the most egregious offenders of texting while driving. A comparison of NHTSA statistics indicates that since 2007, drivers 16 – 24 years of age have been using handheld electronic devices while operating a vehicle in greater numbers of instances than older drivers have. During 2018, eight percent of the people killed among teenage drivers (15 – 19 years old) were distracted at the time of the crashes.