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Distracted Driving
Some Important Facts
According to the 2017 Travelers Risk Index, it was indicated that 30% of all businesses worry “a great deal” or “some” about distracted driving putting their companys at risk.  Yet, the data also showed that 27% of employees who drive in the course of their work day reported that their boss has called and/or texted even though their bosses knew they were driving.*  

The other key fact to note is ...


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Branford, CT – May 8, 2018
– Distracted driving has become one of the most major causes of serious automobile accidents in the United States.  According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, 80% of automobile accidents involve driver inattention.

Eating, drinking, applying makeup, and the use of GPS are all distractions that have contributed to this astounding  number of accidents.  The use of mobile phones behind the wheel undoubtedly proved to be the biggest problem.  Texting while driving is 6x more likely to cause an accident than drunk driving.*

According to the study conducted by Cambridge Metrics Telematics (2017), 75% of drivers see other drivers on their phones every day.  Alarming statistics as such, prompted V.F. McNeil Insurance, a Trusted Choice® independent insurance agency located in Branford, Connecticut, to propose the idea of a distracted driving awareness campaign to its branding partner Trusted Choice®.  



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