National Safety Council Facts

1. © 2012 Douglas Stockdale
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Ensuring the safety of
all motorists on the
roadways is the
responsibility of every
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driver, and safe driving Change the culture Want to do more?
involves more than having and curb cell phone • ontact your elected officials
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use while driving: and ask for their immediate and
two hands on the wheel
• ake a personal commitment to
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and eyes on the road.
drive cell free legislation
The mind also must be • esearch existing technology that
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focused on driving. prevents cell phone use while Council FREE Cell Phone Policy Kit
driving by holding your calls and to help your employer implement
Consider the facts: messages and delivering them or strengthen a cell phone policy at
when you are finished driving work at distracteddriving.nsc.org
• ands-free devices do not eliminate
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cognitive distraction – the distraction • urn your phone off or put it on
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to the brain silent while driving so you are “Understanding the Distracted
not tempted to answer it Brain,” to learn more about
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• peak up when you are in the car
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miss up to 50% of their driving
environment, including stop signs, with someone who uses a cell
pedestrians and red lights phone while driving – ask if you
can do it for them, or if it can wait
• early 25% of all crashes involve
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drivers distracted by cell phones • hange your voicemail message to
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reflect that you are either away from
• rivers talking on cell phones –
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your phone or driving, and that you’ll
handheld or hands-free –
call back when you can do so safely
are four times as likely to crash
• f you are talking to someone who
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• rivers who text increase their
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you know is driving, tell him/her to
likelihood of a crash by 8 to 23 times
hang up and call you later
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