#DriveHealthy: April is National Distracted Driving Awareness month, April 9

And the week of April 9-13 is National Work Zone Safety Awareness week.  Startling statistics* (distracted driving): On average, in Oregon… A distracted driver causes a crash every 2.5 hours—almost 10 crashes each day. Distracted driving causes one in every 12 serious injury crashes in Oregon.  Startling statistics* (work zones): On average, in Oregon… A work zone crash occurs every 17 hours. An inattentive (distracted!) driver is the most common cause of work zone crashes. Four out of five work zone fatalities are drivers and their passengers. Fines double 24/7. Workers or not. Help us mark the month of April and the week of April 9: Think about your one and only job when you’re behind the wheel: driving. #DriveHealthy: Hands on the wheel, mind on the road. Put your phone in the glove compartment or hand it to a passenger. When you’re a passenger, don’t let your driver drive distracted. Ask for their phone—you can answer, instead. Or put it in the glove compartment! Pay attention all the time you’re driving, but especially when you see orange signs, barrels, cones and barricades. Stay alert in work zones.