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Title: Don


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Dont Drive Distracted That Phone Call Could Be
Your Last
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In Virginia in 2009
  • There were more than 97,000 traffic crashes
  • 753 people died on our roadways
  • More than 50,000 people were injured
  • (Preliminary data from DMV)

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In the United States...Every...
  • 5 seconds a crash occurs
  • 7 seconds a property damage crash occurs
  • 10 seconds there is a traffic related injury
  • 2 minutes there is an alcohol-related injury
  • 12 minutes someone dies in a traffic crash
  • 31 minutes an alcohol-related crash fatality
    occurs
  • 113 minutes a pedestrian is killed in a crash
  • 4 days an employee dies in a work-related crash
  • (NETS)

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Distracted Driving Causes Crashes
  • A Virginia Tech study reported that
  • 80 of all crashes and
  • 65 of all near-crashes
  • involved a distracted driving incident within
    3 seconds of the crash

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Why discuss this on the job?
  • The most dangerous part of the day for any
    employee is the time they spend in their vehicle
    (NETS)

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Most of us drive to work and some of us drive on
the job
  • The average commuter spends approx 26 minutes
    traveling approx 15 miles to work
  • 90 of all employees commute
  • 81 use their personal vehicle
  • (NETS)

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Young Males At Risk
  • In Virginia in 2008, 31 of all those killed
    were between 18 and 30
  • 80 of those were male

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What causes most crashes?
  • Not the road
  • Not the vehicle
  • 94 of all crashes are caused by driver error
  • (American Motor Vehicle Association)

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Driver Error Alcohol/No Safety Belt Severe
Consequences
  • Alcohol
  • 43 of all fatalities
  • 10 of all injuries
  • No Safety Belts or Child Restraints
  • 59 of all fatalities
  • 9 of all injuries

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Change is Needed!
  • For safer roads in Virginia!

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What Is Distracted Driving?
  • Distracted Driving is defined as anything that
    takes your eyes or mind off of the task of
    driving..
  • It could be as simple as changing the radio

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Dangerous Behaviors
  • Texting
    23x Increase in crash risk
  • Reaching for a moving object 9x Increase
  • Driving drowsy 5x Increase
  • Looking at an external object 4x Increase
  • Reading 3x Increase
  • Dialing a phone 3x Increase
  • Applying makeup 3x Increase

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The Danger of Cell Phones
  • Drivers who use cell phones are 4x more likely to
    be in a crash while using a cell phone.
  • (1997 New England Journal of Medicine, 2005
    Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study)

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X The TXT
  • Texting behind the wheel is 50 dangerous than
    talking on a cell phone while driving (University
    of Utah)
  • Its now illegal to text and drive in Virginia

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How to Become a Less Distracted Driver
  • RECOGNIZE DISTRACTIONS, change your ways
  • MAKE A PLAN, be prepared.
  • MANAGE YOUR TIME, dont multi-task

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More Tips to Minimize Distractions
  • DRIVE TIME IS NOT DOWN TIME
  • SCAN the roadways, know others are unpredictable
  • CONCENTRATE on your driving, control emotions

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Tips.
  • PULL OVER
  • REDUCE THE USE! Use technology sensibly.
  • TAKE A REFRESHER CLASS
  • BUCKLE UP, EVERY TRIP, EVERY TIME

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  • Contact
  • Wynne Reece
  • Public Relations Outreach Mgr
  • DRIVE SMART Virginia
  • 804-929-2988
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