Glancing at a text for 5 seconds at 55mph means you've traveled the length of a football field with your eyes closed. Distracted driving kills. Put the phone down.

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Have you had a chance to check out all the winning videos from our recent Vision Zero 'Heads Up Phones Down' video contest?

The students did an excellent job getting the word out in some very creative ways! ▶️ https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-PedSafety/HUPD/
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Drivers using smartphones while driving do not know the monsters that they are.

Woman ticketed for driving with phone in her ‘right hand’ has a huge surprise for police officer

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The Register: Pop music fans literally dying to stream hot new albums – in car crashes, that is . “A group of researchers affiliated with Harvard Medical School recently issued a working paper reporting an association between the release days of the most-streamed albums and an increase in US traffic fatalities. The authors say the pattern is consistent with smartphone-enabled driver […]