WASHINGTON – To kick off National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the Department of Transportation's first-ever, national advertising campaign and law enforcement crackdown to combat distracted driving. As part of the effort, television, rad...
According to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, distracted driving is responsible for at least 5,500 deaths and 450,000 injuries in the country every year. He added that most of these deaths and injuries are compounded by car electronics....
but it is also preventable. Our rebranded campaign reminds everyone to Put the Phone Away or Pay, because distracted driving can cost you in fines – or even cost your life or the life of someone else on the road.”
Mark Rosekind, PhD, serves as the 15th administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety...Wahowiak, Lindsey