DANGEROUS DRIVERS * Chile - Micro drivers put passenger lives at risk in Viña del Mar
Valparaiso,Chile -The Valparaiso Times, by Wes Kimbell -9 November 2008: -- Despite laws prohibiting cell phone use while driving, a special Valparaiso Times investigation found an alarming high number of public ‘micro’ bus drivers utilizing cell phones while driving, placing the lives of passengers at great risk...
(Photo Credits: Gardner Hamilton - Fig. 1 - Micro bus drivers at the intersection of Uno Norte and 4 Poniente in Viña talk on cell phones while driving. Fig. 2 - Micro bus crash on Ave. España in late August. Driver reported as using cell phone upon accident)... A Valparaiso Times reporter who positioned himself at the intersection of Uno Norte and 4 Poniente, a high traffic area in Viña del Mar, documented by camera over eight bus drivers utilizing cellular telephone devices while driving in a time frame of only 30 minutes (see figure 1). Oftentimes bus drivers photographed by the Valparaiso Times while using cell phones defiantly continued their use of the phone. Some even managed to completely let go of the steering wheels with their other hand to direct inappropriate hand gestures... The high use of cell phones comes at a time when Carabineros police report a 16% increase in transit related deaths in the course of 2008. Extrapolated, transit-related deaths this year in Chile may total about 1,266 deaths, according to police sources... Labels: dangerous drivers
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