Plan to recognize April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Plan to Recognize April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Thousands die needlessly each year because people continue to use their cell phones while driving, handheld or hands-free. Join the National Safety Council this April in urging those you care about to:

• Stop using cell phones while driving
• Understand the dangers of the cognitive distraction to the brain
• Inform people who call you while driving that you’d be happy to continue the conversation once they have reached their destination
• Tell others about the dangers of cell phone distracted driving

How you can get involved

1. Take the pledge to drive cell free

2. Register for the free April 10 webinar, “What were you thinking? The myth of multitasking”

3. Download the:

• Understanding the distracted brain white paper
• Employer Cell Phone Policy Kit
• State of the Nation of Cell Phone Distracted Driving report
• Employer Liability and the Case for Comprehensive Cell Phone Policies report
• 2013 Distracted Driving Awareness Month posters
  • What were you thinking?
  • Where is your brain power going?
  • Now you see it, now you don’t
  • Every second matters
• 2013 Distracted Driving Awareness Month fact sheet

        NSC Member-Exclusive downloadables:

• 2013 Distracted Driving Awareness Month member planner’s guide
• 2013 Distracted Driving Awareness Month member posters
  • Hands-free is not risk-free
  • Are you willing to take these odds?
• 2013 Distracted Driving Awareness Month member fact sheet

4. View and share these distracted driving videos:

• 12 short FAQ video series – YouTube or downloadable
• Explanation of cognitive distraction from DDC 4
• One call can change everything
• It takes just seconds
• Death by cell phone

5. Share these social media posts

National Distracted Driving Awareness Month was introduced as a resolution in 2010 by former Rep. Betsy Markey (D-CO) and passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in a 410-2 vote on March 23, 2010. The resolution mentions 9-year-old Erica Forney, who was struck and killed by a distracted driver in Fort Collins, CO, in November 2008. Erica’s mother, Shelley Forney, is a founding board member of Focus Driven – Advocates for Cell-free Driving.