Canadian study shows driving a car can be 10x more distracting than flying a fighter jet- put down the phone!

The dangers of texting and driving have been thoroughly investigated and consistently reveal that distracted driving is one of the leading causes of collisions and fatalities across the world. Canadian insurance company, belairdirect, recently launched an infographic highlighting these dangers, and some of the facts are pretty alarming.

Did you know that a driver in rush hour traffic has 10x more distractions that a fighter pilot in a non-combat mission? Or that in the time it takes to reply to a text message on the highway, you could drive past 10 football fields?

Even though more than 90% of drivers acknowledged that texting and driving was dangerous, over 60% of them admitted to doing so. Take a look at the infographic below for some more of the facts around distracted driving.