Distracted Driving Awareness Month
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You know you've done it or seen someone else do it while engaged in driving a motor vehicle: Texting, eating, taking hands off the wheel, reading or writing emails, shaving, putting on makeup, taking your eyes off the road, etc.
- Each day in the United States, more than 9 people are killed and more than 1,153 people are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver. (NHTSA)
- Texting and driving makes the risk of crashing or nearly crashing 23.2 times more likely for truck drivers
- On-the-job crashes cost employers more than $24,500 for each property damage crash, $150,000 per injury, and up to $3.8 million per fatality
- Over 6,000 deaths and 500,000 injuries are caused by distracted drivers every year in the United States
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