In 2011, 3, 331 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver, and 387, 000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver, according to Department of Transportation statistics.
Ms. VALENZUELA: We have a saying: A distracted soldier is a dead soldier.
Doesn't it just tear every fiber in your body when you are immensely enjoying a TV show only to be distracted by a bad set?
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And it will have to live with the economic aftermath of a decade in which three administrations were frequently distracted from a faltering economy by the demands of overseas conflicts.
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The gag unfolds when a distracted pedestrian gapes at a nearby board for the VW Polo with a surprisingly affordable price while he unwittingly heads right for the pole.
The best stuff, in addition to DDB's Clydesdale spot, could include an act that might raise eyebrows: A man who's being shot from a cannon into a net becomes a human suppository for an elephant when his partner is distracted by a Bud Light vendor.
News 24 and Sky prepared to take it live, but the cameras became distracted by a man up in the rafters.
But this year, I was distracted by a conversation taking place just down the street at the UN General Assembly on drug trafficking.
You know, I mean it really is - what if this is a distracted administration that really focuses on a lot of petty stuff.
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The signalman was distracted by a phone call and thought the train had passed in January last year, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found.
Mr Giuliani seemed distracted by a contest for a Senate seat.
In addition, parents do not generally self report that they were distracted when a child presents to the emergency department for care, thus leading to under reporting and inaccurate data.
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But each is publicly traded and, alas, distracted as a result of being public: Apple by an options-backdating mess, Dell by apparent accounting misstatements and HP by recent boardroom machinations worthy of Shakespeare.
Phillip Mott QC told the court that he had been distracted after a farmer rang the signal box for a second time asking if it was safe to walk his sheep over another crossing further up the track.
All three leaders have one thing in common, they all face domestic problems requiring their attention and do not want to be distracted by a foreign policy crisis their first few months in office orchestrated by the ever-troublesome North Korea.
Yet, as the US is distracted by a major economic crisis at home, Congress extended the Andean Trade Preference Act that would give a number of countries including Ecuador an exemption on tariffs on their products imported into the US. This preference has been given in exchange for cooperation to combat drug-trafficking.
Instead of being served by a distracted bartender, wired beer rep or harried festival worker, beer lovers get to fight until the end for a sample of Big Boss' most popular beers.
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"It was a long day and I began to get a little distracted, so, yes, that was a reason for that (bogey), " said Rose, who collected four pars before play was halted on the 17th.
Her focus on being a victim immobilized her from thinking like a business woman and distracted her from behaving like a leader.
This movement to legislate distracted walking has a purpose: Pedestrian fatalities are on the rise.
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The group is sponsoring a distracted driving webinar for business owners on April 25, on the subject.
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Some argue that the focus on the tablets has distracted attention from a deeper malaise affecting Thai education.
Meanwhile, Habima's actors continued to present The Merchant of Venice in Hebrew to a distracted but generally appreciative audience.
But the death of Hafez Assad, Syria's president for 30 years, has left Lebanon with a distracted backer at best.
In 2009, more than 5, 400 people died in crashes that were reported to involve a distracted driver and about 448, 000 people were injured.
Instead, a distracted Mr Museveni, still denying his men were inside Sudan at all, had to pull them out in October without achieving any of his objectives.
Then I got take out, because in all of the hustle and bustle of building the site I became too distracted to make a decision for dinner.
The plan made little immediate progress in a distracted Congress.
He is paired with a distracted Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) and, briefly and more entertainingly, with Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard), who looks like a villain waiting to happen.
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