Spokane Drivers Among Worst For Texting/Talking On Phone
Do you use your cell phone while driving? If you live in Spokane County, you're far from alone. Results from a 2013 study show that Spokane County drivers are among the worst in Washington when it comes to talking or texting while driving.
Investigators observed behind-the-wheel behavior of thousands of drivers at intersections in Spokane, King, Snohomish, Pierce, Yakima and Whatcom counties. Spokane drivers had the highest cellphone use, followed by Whatcom County, 12.5 percent; King, 9 percent; Yakima, 8.6 percent; Pierce, 5.4 percent; and Snohomish, 4.3 percent.
Here are more results from the study.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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