The Safety & Health Council of Northern New England; Specializing In...
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT FRIDAY, FEB. 24, 2012 SHCNNE TRAINING CTR 15
PLEASANT HILL RD SCARBOROUGH, ME MEMBERS $100 NON-MEMBERS $110 WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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HANG UP AND DRIVE!
The NSC estimates 1.3 million crashes,
or 23 percent of all crashes, involve distracted drivers using cell phones. “Quantifying crashes and fatalities involving
cell phone use while driving is challenging due to several factors such as a driver’s unwillingness to admit the behavior
and lack of witnesses. Additionally, cell phone use currently is not consistently captured on police reports. We are able
to develop an estimate of crashes based on risk and exposure, but the problem could be much larger than we estimate,”
says Janet Froetscher, NSC President and CEO.
