Inforgraphic warns of the dangers of texting and driving

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and a new infographic created by Katherman Briggs & Greenberg seeks to raise recognition of the dangers of texting and driving.

Distracted driving is a huge problem in the United States, where at any given time 660,000 of us are using our cell phone behind the wheel. If you’re going 40 MPH, in the 4.6 seconds that it takes on average to read or send a text message, your car will have traveled the length of 16 cars. Is it worth it to have your eyes off the road for that long?

Whether we do this dangerous multitasking out of habit or in an effort to be more productive, the results are the same: we put ourselves and others in danger. In 2011, there were over 3,300 deaths and 387,000 injuries as a result of distracted driving.

Learn more about the risks from the graphic below. Do your part, this month and beyond, to resist texting behind the wheel. It could save your life.