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The Driving Zone
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Teens and Truck Driving - Defeating Distracted Driving
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Oprah's No Phone Zone
Faces of Distracted Driving To raise awareness of this issue, the DOT launched a website that includes a video series, Faces of Distracted Driving. This video series explores the tragic consequences of texting and cell phone use while driving. It features people who have either been injured or lost loved ones in distracted driving crashes.
“These videos are dramatic evidence that the lives lost to America’s distracted driving epidemic aren’t statistics. They’re children, parents, neighbors, and friends,” said DOT Secretary Ray LaHood. “These people have courageously come forward to share their personal tragedies in order to warn others against making the dangerous decision to talk or text behind the wheel.”
Faces of Distracted Driving commenced with three videos:
- Oprah Winfrey
“These videos are dramatic evidence that the lives lost to America’s distracted driving epidemic aren’t statistics. They’re children, parents, neighbors, and friends,” said DOT Secretary Ray LaHood. “These people have courageously come forward to share their personal tragedies in order to warn others against making the dangerous decision to talk or text behind the wheel.”
Faces of Distracted Driving commenced with three videos:
- Elissa Schee’s 13-year-old daughter, Margay, was killed in 2008 when a semi-truck crashed into the back of her school bus in Citra, Florida. The truck driver was talking on his cell phone at the time of the crash and said he never saw the bus.
- Laurie Hevier’s 58-year-old mother, Julie, was killed when a distracted driver struck her as she walked beside a road in Rudolph, Wisconsin. Crash reconstruction reports showed the driver could not have been looking at the road for 8.75 seconds.
- Amos Johnson’s 16-year-old daughter, Ashley, was killed when she lost control of her vehicle, crossed the center line, and hit a pickup truck in Asheville, North Carolina. She was texting at the time of the crash.
- Oprah Winfrey