New Tráfico campaign cracks down on distracted drivers: "DGT traffic authority in Spain is currently stepping up controls on drivers using their mobile phone or programming a GPS unit while driving.
Of the 1,295 fatal accidents this year, distraction was considered the cause in 512 cases, and in these cases 581 people have died.
The DGT says that dialling a number or even the eight seconds it takes to answer the phone can mark the difference between life and death.
Other normal activities can also prove fatal, lighting a cigarette takes four seconds, adjusting the radio or changing a CD is described as taking five or six, and all of them mean taking your eyes off the road.
A car travelling at 120 kms/hour covers 100 metres in just three seconds."
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