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PRACTICAL RESEARH 2
Leader : Lopez, Christian John

Assistant Leader : Meranio, Mark
Members :
Nicolas, Johnpaul
Lozano, Angelo
Ignacio, Wesley
Hosana, Lloyd Joshua
Hernandez, Sean Kurdi
Montilla, Jhonmarc
“Prevalence Of Distracted Driving Among
Angeles City Public Utility Jeepney Drivers”
Distracted driving is a growing public health concern. Inattention to driving and
specifically, distracted driving, are not new behavioral phenomena. Distracted driving is the
practice of driving a vehicle while engaged in another activity. Most people think that the main
distraction while driving is the use of a cell phone, however, this is entirely untrue. People
partake in various activities while driving in their cars, causing distracted driving to be the
primary reason for car crashes in the Angeles City. Anything that takes your attention away from
driving can be a distraction. Sending a text message, talking on a cell phone, using a navigation
system, and eating while driving are a few examples of distracted driving. Any of these
distractions can endanger you, your passengers, and others on the road.
Irresponsible driving is an extremely serious problem that exists in the contemporary society
and leads to the deaths of millions of individuals all around the globe. Even though car
accidents are not as widely covered in the media as airplane crashes, they happen much more
often and kill a bigger number of people. It is usually believed that adverse consequences are
largely brought by drunk driving. While being under the influence of alcohol people lose their
concentration, have a hard time controlling their actions and moves, and experience a high level
of excitement. Therefore, driving in this condition is prohibited and considered to be dangerous.
However, there are many other ways of driving irresponsibly and putting the health of those on
the road at risk. Distracted driving involves various inappropriate activities that can become the
cause of a tragedy. For this reason, the following research paper will prove that distracted
driving can be as dangerous as drunk driving by providing a few supportive arguments.
There has been an increasing interest in understanding the effects of distracted driving
particularly due to cell phone use, on transportation safety (Farmer et al, 2010; haigney et al,
2000; Klauer a; 2006; Oviedo-Trespalacios et al.,2017b; Stavrinos et al., 2013). This interest
stems from an increase in distracted driving related crashes. in 2015, fatalities involving
cellphone use throughout the united states increased from 385 in 2011 to 476 or 23.6 percent
(National center for statisctics and analysis, 2017b) These values are grossly underreported due
to a lack of methods and/or procedures to assess the culpability of a crash due to cell phone
use while driving. Furthermore traffic fatalities that were attributed to distracted driving had the
largest percentage increase (8.8percent) from 2014 than alcohol-impaired or speed-realated
fatalities (National Center for statistics and analysis, 2017) Of special interest are fatalities
involving large trucks crashes (vehicle weighting greater than 10,000 pounds) which have
continued to increase since 2009. In 2015 there were 4,067 killed in crashes involving large
trucks compared to 3,389 in 2009; a 20% increase (National Center for statistics and Analysis,
2017).
In the Philippines, distracted driving of the jeepney drivers not refers mostly to the use of a
smartphone while driving. Other things have been thoroughly identified to constitute distracted
driving such as eating and drinking, collecting the payment of passengers, giving the change of
passengers,going through your wallet or purse,making adjustments to the stereo, looking for
items under your seat and around the cabin of a car and many more. In the Philippines, its Anti-
Distracted Driving Law (RA 10913) only punishes the use of electronic handheld devices while
operating a motor vehicle. It does not penalize hands-free mobile use nor the use of any built-in
electronic device in the car like the radio or GPS when either still causes driver distraction.
Our ADDA specifically mentions the banning of the use mobile devices as a major cause of
distracted driving.The ADDA was approved in both houses of Congress but failed to get the
signature of former President Aquino. It lapsed into law and was implemented during the
administration of President Duterte. There was much confusion when the law was first
implemented on May 18, 2017. Information campaigns were not able to curb the confusion that
came with the new law.

The problem with the jeepney drivers here in Angeles City is that some of the terminals lack
jeeps compared to the passengers, the queues are getting longer and people are having
reasons to be late to their home or destination, while the rest of the people are just hanging on
to the jeep so that you can immediately go to their location, although it is dangerous, but this is
one of the ways to get on board immediately. The other problem is the traffic, Mayor Lazatin
said an efficient traffic management system should be adopted. “Traffic will always be a problem
in any progressive city unless a proper traffic management system is adopted. The building of
more road networks and feeder roads to link up our city streets is just one of the solutions,” said
Mayor Lazatin. Mayor Lazatin said “the most important factors in solving this problem are
discipline, patience and cooperation on both government and private sectors.”
We chose this topic because to prevent accidents on the roads among jeepney drivers here in
the Angeles City, However, we will find out the different reasons or sources of their distraction
and how many or most jeepney drivers experience distraction while driving, this is for jeepney
drivers to avoid distraction while driving a vehicle and may can cause an accident on the road.
Despite these gaps in knowledge about distracted driving prevention/intervention programs,
there is a clear urgency warranting the need for evidence based, effective, local and large scale
prevention/intervention programs to be developed. To contribute to the small but growing
knowledge-base regarding distracted driving intervention, the focus of this thesis is to evaluate
the effects of a distracted driving prevalence of distracted driving among Angeles City Public
Utility Jeepney Drivers.

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PRACTICAL RESEARH 2

Leader : Lopez, Christian John

Angeles City Public Utility Jeepney Drivers”

Distracted driving is a growing public health concern. Inattention to driving and

of excitement. Therefore, driving in this condition is prohibited and considered to be dangerous.

driving can be as dangerous as drunk driving by providing a few supportive arguments.

largest percentage increase (8.8percent) from 2014 than alcohol-impaired or speed-realated

came with the new law.

discipline, patience and cooperation on both government and private sectors.”

Despite these gaps in knowledge about distracted driving prevention/intervention programs,

prevention/intervention programs to be developed. To contribute to the small but growing

Utility Jeepney Drivers.

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