44 Percent of adolescents have experienced at least one near-accident in their life because they were distracted by their smartphone. For 17 percent there were two or more near-accidents, a survey among 1011 Adolescents aged from 14 to 18 Years.

6 percent of them stated that they had already had an accident with their smartphone in hand . 18 percent have seen such an accident before, 16 Percent were told about it in their family or friends. 53 percent heard of an accident from other sources, 26 percent The Federal Working Group (BAG) has never determined more safety for children.

Chats, listening to music, making phone calls When asked, what they were doing immediately before their near-accident, 64 percent said they had read chats. 29 percent listened to music, 18 percent telephoned and 16 percent watched video clips. 10 Percent played.

The BAG claims to have observed that dangerous situations in traffic and in public life, which are caused by careless behavior and distraction, are increasing. “Children as pedestrians have accidents 88 percent when crossing the street. More than half paid no attention to the traffic,” explains BAG managing director Andreas Kalbitz. ) Parents are often bad role models. 69 Percent indicated that they had already seen their parents using their smartphone on the steering wheel. They rate smartphone use in the car as “very dangerous”, as “dangerous” when crossing the street or cycling.

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