CSEA SAYS DON'T ZONE OUT

New York-- Drivers today are more distracted than ever. Many people are not focused on the task at hand; they are talking to others, texting, eating food or doing other behaviors while driving. In addition to these distractions, recent statistics reveal that drivers are more aggressive than ever. 

Roads in the U.S. have become very dangerous places because of distracted and aggressive drivers.  Did you know in 2008, distracted drivers killed almost 6,000 people? (source: National Highway Transportation Safety Association) The American Automobile Association estimates that 56% of all fatal crashes are caused by aggressive drivers.

INFORMATION TO HELP FIGHT DISTRACTED DRIVING AND MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER:

Work Zone and Distracted Driving Fact Sheet

CSEA’s Work Zone Safety and Distracted Driver Campaign

A Family’s Grief – Your Car is Like a Weapon [A true story of a NYS DOT employee]

Texting While Driving: How Dangerous is it? – CAR and DRIVER

Crashed and Burned; A look at distracted driving in Nassau County

USEFUL INFORMATION AND LINKS:

NYS DOT Transportation Safety Page

New York State Education Department’s Driver & Traffic Safety Education web-page

Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee

US DOT Federal Highway Administration Safety Page

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)

Distraction.gov (USDOT)

Work Zone.org: The National Work Zone Safety Clearinghouse

AAA Distracted Driving Page

University of Vermont Legislative Research Service Report on Distracted Driving

University of Utah Applied Cognition Laboratory Report on Distracted Driving

Pew Internet Report on Teens and Distracted Driving