Distracted Driving Awareness Month
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At any given daylight moment across America, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while behind the wheel. Please don’t be one of them.
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month in Virginia. We want to ask everyone to please put the phone down when behind the wheel. Nothing on your phone is more important than what’s in front of your moving vehicle.
Other seemingly harmless distractions include eating, applying makeup, adjusting the radio or iPod, talking to passengers, and having a pet in the vehicle. Anything that draws your attention away from the task of driving is distracted driving and can cause or contribute to a traffic crash.
Buckle-up! It’s your best defense against an impaired or distracted driver. We want you to be safe on the job and off the job.
For more information on Distracted Driving Awareness Month visit https://www.drivesmartva.org/.
