As Road Safety Week continues, the Insurance Bureau of Canada is illustrating how dangerous texting and driving can be through the use of a "DUMB" car.
According to the Community Press, the vehicle - dubbed Distractions Undermining Motorist Behavior - is a car simulator owned by the Insurance Bureau of Canada and was recently brought to an event kicking off Road Safety Week. The vehicle allows users to experience what it's like to drive and text and what can happen when they take their eyes off the road even for a split second.
After instructing users to drive and text at the same time, Melissa Ringuette, an event ambassador with the IBC, told the paper how most users were unsuccessful in their driving attempts, crossing lanes and getting into accidents.
Kerri Jianopoulas, a public health nurse with the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit, told the paper she's hopeful that by people participating in the simulator, they will stop texting and driving.
"Our goal is to reduce injuries," Jianopoulas told the paper, citing how 1,025 people were killed in the Stirlings area alone last year due to distracted driving.
In addition to injury, being caught texting while driving may result in higher auto insurance costs, as the practice is banned in Ontario.
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