BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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52 (Frazier)
As Amended April 16, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
|----------------+------+---------------------+---------------------|
|Rules |10-0 |Gordon, Chang, | |
| | |Burke, Cooley, Dodd, | |
| | |Jones, Lopez, Mayes, | |
| | |Rodriguez, Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Proclaims April 2015 as Distracted Driving Awareness
Month and calls for awareness of the distracted driving problem
and support for programs and policies to reduce the incidence of
distracted driving. Specifically, this resolution makes the
following legislative findings:
1)Distracted driving is defined as any activity that could divert
a person's attention away from the primary task of driving;
whether it is visual, manual, or cognitive distraction.
2)A 2013 statewide traffic safety survey conducted by the
California Office of Traffic Safety reported that more than 36%
of Californians surveyed thought texting or talking on a cell
phone while driving posed the biggest safety problem on
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California roadways.
3)In 2012, 3,328 people were killed and 421,000 were injured in
distraction-affected crashes.
4)In 2013, nearly 70% of the California drivers surveyed said they
had been hit or nearly hit by a driver who was talking or
texting on a cell phone.
5)Parents who engage in distracting behaviors while driving more
frequently have teens who do the same; according to a 2012 teen
driver distraction study conducted jointly by the University of
Michigan Transportation Research Institute and Toyota, teens
send or read text messages once a trip 26 times more often than
their parents think they do.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN: 0000200