{"id":6275,"date":"2020-06-28T17:55:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T15:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/?p=6275"},"modified":"2020-06-28T17:55:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T15:55:08","slug":"drivers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedfleetmanagementconsulting.com\/eng\/2020\/06\/28\/drivers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers Involved in Crashes Engage in Risky Road Behaviors, AAA Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data shows that people are not altering their behavior even when it has resulted in a crash.<\/b><\/p>\n

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety\u2019s latest research finds drivers who have been in at least one crash in the past two years are significantly more likely to engage in risky behaviors like speeding or texting.<\/p>\n

After three months of stay-at-home mandates, AAA urges drivers to keep everyone safe on the roads and warns motorists against falling back into dangerous driving habits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe frequency of drivers in the United States engaging in improper behavior is too high. While drivers acknowledge that certain activities behind the wheel \u2013 like texting, are dangerous, some do them anyway,\u201d said Dr. David Yang, Executive Director of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. \u201cWe need to be aware of the serious consequences of engaging in these types of dangerous driving behavior and change course.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Foundation\u2019s annual Traffic Safety Culture Index (TSCI), which highlights the gap between drivers\u2019 attitudes and their reported behaviors, found that drivers perceive distracted, aggressive and impaired driving as dangerous. Yet many of them admit to engaging in at least one of these exact behaviors in the 30 days before the survey. The numbers were even higher for those involved in a recent crash:<\/p>\n