The talk about distracted driving and pedestrian safety

New information from NHP shows young drivers made up 11% of the state's fatalities from 2014-2018.

SHOWS YOUNG DRIVERS MADE UP-11- PERCENT OF THE STATE'SFATALITIES FROM 20- 14 TO20-18.AND THE MAIN CAUSE OF THESEFATAL WRECKS WAS NOT PAYINGATTENTION TOTHE ROAD.IN NEVADA, IT'S ILLEGAL TO USEA CELL PHONE OR OTHERELECTRONIC DEVICE WHILE DRIVING- EVEN IF YOU'RE SITTING AT ARED LIGHT.AND AS SCHOOL BEGINS ON MONDAYFOR SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS - -IT'S NOT JUST DRIVING SAFETYTHAT'S IMPORTANT..THERE'S ALSOPEDESTRIAN SAFETY.THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETYP- I-O....ANDREW BENNETT JOINSUS NOW LIVE....TO TALK ABOUT HOW ROAD SAFETYREALLY IS A TWO-WAY STREET.LETS START OFF WITH DISTRACTEDDRIVING1.A YOUNG DRIVER IS ANYONEBETWEEN THE AGES OF 15 - 20YEARS OF AGE.2.WHILE TEENS REPRESENT 5% OFTHE TOTAL NUMBER OF DRIVERS ONNEVADA'SROADWAYS, THEY REPRESENT 11% OFNEVADA'S FATALITIES.3.75% OF YOUNG DRIVERS WEREINVOLVED IN A FATAL VEHICULARCRASH3.75% OF YOUNG DRIVERS WEREINVOLVED IN A FATAL VEHICULARCRASH OCCURRED ON URBANROADWAYS BETWEEN 2014 - 2018,THE MOST OCCURRING IN CLARKCOUNTY.4.WHILE THESE NUMBERS ARE STILLCONCERNING, IT IS ENCOURAGINGTHAT WE HAVE SEEN A DECLINE INYOUNG DRIVER FATALITIES BETWEEN2014 - 2018.5.HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL A LOTTO DO TOHELP STOP THESE FATALITIES.DISTRACTED DRIVING CONTINUES TOPROVETO BE ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSESFOR YOUNG DRIVER FATALITIES.6.DRIVING WHILE USING A CELLPHONE REDUCES THE AMOUNT OFBRAIN ACTIVITY BY 37%.7.IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THATDISTRACTEDDRIVING IS NOT LIMITED TO CELLPHONE USE, HOWEVER.EATING, DRINKING,ADJUSTING MUSIC, APPLYINGMAKEUP, FIXING YOUR HAIR ANDEVEN INTERACTINGWITH PASSENGERS ARE ALLTHREATENING DISTRACTED DRIVINGBEHAVIORS THAT PUTYOURS, YOUR PASSENGERS ANDTHOSE AROUND YOU IN DANGER.8.THE BEST WAY TO INFLUENCEDRIVER EDUCATION ARE HALF ASLIKELY TO CRASH AND 30% LIKELYELIMINATE ANY AND ALL