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April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month

This year's campaign is encouraging motorists to Just Drive

April 1, 2019 | 2 min reading time

This article is 6 years old. It was published on April 1, 2019.

Over the past decade, distracted driving has become one of the leading causes of vehicle crashes on our roads. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, 3,166 people died in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers in 2017. While this represents a 9% decrease in distracted driving fatalities from 2016, there is clearly more work to be done.

A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration survey finds 660,000 drivers using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while driving at any given daylight moment. Drivers talking on phones, hand-held or hands-free, miss seeing up to 50% of what is around them such as:

  • other drivers
  • pedestrians
  • bicyclists

Before you start your car, turn off your phone and Just Drive.

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