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Holiday Traffic Safety Tips
Are you planning to join the 43 million Americans who will travel this year for the holidays? If so we’d like to remind you to do your part and drive distraction free. We also have some traffic safety tips to share with you. Plan your trip in advance Before you leave your driveway, make sure you … Continue reading →
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Traffic safety tips for Halloween
Thousands of families are getting ready for Halloween. They’ll leave their homes, walking along the streets and sidewalks in their neighborhoods, stopping to see neighbors, hoping for a treat. But many parents don’t realize some of the dangers associated with this normally fun, family activity. According to the California Office of Traffic Safety, Halloween ranks … Continue reading →
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Hurricane Sandy
With much of Virginia facing an uncertain future this weekend ahead of Hurricane Sandy, I hope you’ll consider some important traffic safety tips that will help keep you and others safe. First, when you’re behind the wheel, put down your phone and any other distractions. With the potential for wind and rain, there may be … Continue reading →
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Don’t let distracted driving become an ‘out of mind’ ‘out of sight’ kind of thing
During April we focus our efforts on increasing awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. Nationally, it’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month. In Virginia, Governor Bob McDonnell’s proclamation on the matter launched a month of activity, much of which was coordinated by DRIVE SMART Virginia. We reached thousands upon thousands of people with our message “Driving … Continue reading →
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Kid Talk
Teenagers are a driving group we at DRIVE SMART Virginia worry about a lot. They have little experience driving (day or night). Teens also like technology: from the latest music and Ipod, GPS and cell phone. All those things are distractions when you’re driving and they increase your chances for a crash. That leads to … Continue reading →
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Driving distractions can be deadly buckle up, phone down
A few months ago Toure Thaniel and a friend were driving along Chippenham Parkway. Not sure where they’d been, or where they were going. I know from police accounts that Toure was texting. She had to have known better. Here was a young woman who had everything going for her. She was in college, she … Continue reading →
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Parents have to set the example
I was talking with my neighbor AJ the other day. His sister Pam was over. Pam’s son is 17. He’s taking driver’s education. I asked if he had a cell phone, dumb question, every teen these days has a cell phone. Does he text and drive? Pam said he doesn’t. In fact, she said “he … Continue reading →
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Why should you care about distracted driving?
It was a gorgeous summer day. But it was Sunday, both my wife and I had to work the next day. We wanted to stay another day at the river, but it was time to go. We packed up, slowly, probably hoping we’d get some miracle call that someone had canceled work. No one called, … Continue reading →