April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Distracted driving is rampant on our roadways, killing hundreds each year. Unfortunately, it is easier than ever to drive distracted. Auto makers are putting technology into our vehicles that allows us to make phone calls, dictate texts or emails and update social media while we are behind the wheel – all actions that are proven to increase crash risk. The National Safety Council observes April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month to draw attention to this epidemic. NSC wants to empower you to put safety first and Take Back Your Drive.
Distracted Driving Awareness Month
PSA produced by San Diego County Sheriff's Department Ref: You Tube, published April 2015 |
Shattered Dreams: Distracted Driving Changes Lives
In Honor of Andrea Boeve - March 13, 1918 - June 30, 2014 PSA produced by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Ref: You Tube, published June 2015 Distracted Driving Awareness Month
PSA produced by SAFETY - City of Houston, TX Ref: You Tube, published April 2015 |
Distracted Driving in the News
- Are drivers getting high from behind-the-wheel Phone use?
CBS News - "AT&T found that as many as one in 10 drivers could be video-chatting on their drive home. It also found 61 percent admitted to texting and driving, a third check their email and 17 percent admitted to taking a steering-wheel selfie."
- Study: Hand-free Devises Distracting Drivers for 27 Seconds After Use
Washington Post "...a new study says it can take 27 seconds for a driver using a voice-activated entertainment system to regain full alertness after making a command from behind the wheel. That means a car going 25 mph can travel the length of three football fields before a driver’s brain fully recovers from the act of dialing a phone number or changing music using increasingly popular in-car entertainment systems.
Distracted Driving Resources
- Teen Drivers: Get the Facts
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - "...The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16-19-year-olds than among any other age group... In 2013, 2,163 teens in the United States ages 16–19 were killed and 243,243 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor vehicle crashes"
- Distracted Driving - Fast Facts
NOYS - National Organization for Youth Safety
- An Estimated 1 in 4 Car Crashes Involves Cell Phone Use
National Safety Council
Safe Driving Resources
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