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.
News 24 and Sky prepared to take it live, but the cameras became distracted by a man up in the rafters.
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.
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.
North-east Asia, meanwhile, was left trying to manage an awkward five-way balance between a rising China, a weakened Russia, a distracted America, an aspiring South Korea and an uncertain Japan.
Even better, Lundqvist has a legendary foil across the ice: Martin Brodeur, the 40-year-old certain Hall of Famer and another unpretentious hockey star whose greatness has been swamped in a distracted sports metropolis.
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