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UP FRONT STATEWIDE - April has been designated by Congress as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is using this opportunity to urge drivers to pay attention to what’s really important when they’re behind the wheel. “Despite laws to prevent distracted and inattentive driving, too many motorists talk and text on cell phones ZKLOH GULYLQJ 7KH\ HDW D PHDO 7KH\ UXPPDJH IRU WKLQJV RQ WKH VHDWV Ă RRU GDVKERDUG RU FRPpartments. They even stare intently in the rearview mirror to comb their hair or apply makeup. Their attention is focused everywhere except where it should be, which is on the road,â€? says State Patrol Maj. Sandra Huxtable, director of the WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety. “Because WKH\¡UH QRW SD\LQJ DWWHQWLRQ WR WUDIĂ€F FRQGLWLRQV DQG URDG KD]DUGV GLVWUDFWHG GULYHUV GUDVWLFDOO\ increase their risks of causing a crash or failing to avoid one.â€? In November 2012, a state law went into effect that prohibits drivers with an instruction permit or probationary license, which includes many teenagers, from “using a cellular or other wireless telephone except to report an emergencyâ€? while driving. A previously enacted state law made texting while driving illegal for all motorists. In a national Pew Research study, 40 percent of American teens say they have been in a car when WKH GULYHU XVHG D FHOO SKRQH LQ D ZD\ WKDW SXW SHRSOH LQ GDQJHU 7KH 1DWLRQDO +LJKZD\ 7UDIĂ€F Safety Administration reports that 11 percent of all drivers under the age of 20 involved in fatal crashes were distracted at the time of the crash. This age group has the largest proportion of drivers who were distracted. - from WisDOT
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