OSHA Distracted Driving No Texting

Information about responsibility of employers to discourage texting while driving as part of their obligation to provide a safe workplace.

Dangers of distracted driving

• Distracted driving crashes killed more than 3,000 people and injured 416,000 in 2010.
• Reaction time is delayed for a driver talking on a cell phone as much as it is for a driver who is legally drunk.
• More texting leads to more crashes. With each additional 1 million text messages, fatalities from…