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Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving ( OSAID) is an anti- impaired driving initiative which is found across the province of Ontario, Canada, aimed primarily at youth involvement in combating impaired driving. It was founded in 1987 [5] and encourages the student population to practice responsible choices and to never to drive while impaired.
A new name, Students Against Destructive Decisions, was adopted in 1997. SADD's Board of Directors appointed Penny Wells as its new President and Executive Director in 2000. SADD launched its National Scholarship Program in 2002, awarding its first two scholarships the following year. In 2004, Jacqueline Hackett, Executive Committee member of ...
The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...
Age group. Drivers holding phones to their ears. Drivers with visible headsets. Drivers manipulating handheld devices. Age 16–24. 3.7%. 0.2%. 5.4%. Age 25–69
Distracted driving is the largest cause of death for people ages 16-20 — it's a horrible statistic that we must change." Colleen Ogilvie, registrar of motor vehicles for MassDOT , told teens ...
Making changes: DeWine, families of victims back bill making distracted-driving laws tougher “I have shared the message 159 times to over 150,000 kids,” he noted. Meanwhile, Terri Tiberi, Dom ...
The NHTSA considers distracted driving to include some of the following as distractions: other occupants in the car, eating, drinking, smoking, adjusting radio, adjusting environmental control, reaching for object in car, and cell phone use. In 2009 in the US, there was a reported 5,474 people killed by distracted drivers.
Opinion: Iowa lawmakers should start 2024 with a statement against distracted driving, writes the Register's editorial board. Distracted driving is a scourge. Iowa needs a hands-free law now.