Virginia DMV Launches Distracted Driving Campaign; Nearly 12,000 Distraction Crashes and 93 Deaths This Year
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) launched its latest distracted driving campaign on Monday, November 9, urging drivers to put down their phones and keep their eyes on the road, with a particular focus on young drivers.
The 30-second public service announcement borrows the style of a psychological thriller, opening with seemingly normal everyday scenes before turning to a startling outcome. DMV Commissioner Sandra Jack said in a statement released with the campaign that the ad is meant to remind all drivers of the consequences of distracted driving. Preliminary DMV data show nearly 12,000 crashes caused by distracted driving in Virginia so far this year, killing 93 people and injuring 816; one in ten of the crashes involved a driver texting or looking down at a phone. The DMV said the campaign follows an earlier distracted-driving effort featuring well-known Virginia athletes, including Hopewell native TreVeyon Henderson, now a running back for the New England Patriots. More information is available on the DMV website’s distracted driving page. Distracted driving remains a persistent hazard on Virginia roads, and the DMV hopes the ad will make drivers realize that a single glance at a phone can have irreversible consequences.
Source: The Progress-Index
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