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NHTSA Advises Motorists to Drive Safely This ThanksgivingBuckle up, drive sober, and pay attention

11/16/2018

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According to NHTSA, the Thanksgiving holiday, traditionally the start of the busy holiday travel season, sees an increase in crashes and fatalities. In 2017, 528 people were killed in crashes across the country during the holiday weekend (6pm November 22nd – 5:59am November 27th); about half of the passenger vehicle occupants who died weren’t wearing seat belts.​ To help everyone stay safe on U.S. roads this holiday, NHTSA is reminding the public to take the following precautions:
  • Travel at a safe speed. Speed affects your safety even when you are driving at the speed limit but too fast for road conditions, such as during bad weather, when a road is under repair, or in an area at night that isn’t well lit. For more than two decades, speeding has been involved in approximately one-third of all motor vehicle fatalities.
  • Don’t drive distracted. Pay attention to the road. Texting is the most alarming distraction. Sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 5 seconds. At 55 mph, that's like driving the length of an entire football field with your eyes closed. Teens are the largest age group reported as distracted at the time of fatal crashes. 
  • Wear a seat belt and wear it properly. The simple act of buckling your seat belt increases your chance of surviving a crash. In 2017 alone, seat belts saved 14,955 lives. But if everyone had worn seat belts on every trip that year, 2,549 more lives could have been saved.
  • Make sure children are buckled in the right seat for them. Since 1975, 11,606 children ages 4 and under have been saved by child restraints, 325 children saved in 2017 alone.
  • Drive Sober. Designate a sober driver if you plan to drink.  In 2017 there were 10,874 fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes involving drivers legally drunk. These deaths are 100 percent preventable.
 
NHTSA Advises Motorists to Drive Safely This Thanksgiving
Buckle up, drive sober, and pay attention
 
 
WASHINGTON – With tens of millions of Americans expected to spend some portion of the Thanksgiving holiday on the road, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reminds motorists to plan ahead to make sure everyone makes it to the table safely.
 
NHTSA Deputy Administrator Heidi R. King released a video message urging holiday travelers to drive at a safe speed, avoid texting and driving, wear seat belts properly, ensure children are buckled in the right seat for them, and to drive sober. Last year in California, 73 lives were lost in driving fatalities during the Thanksgiving holiday.
 
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According to NHTSA, the Thanksgiving holiday, traditionally the start of the busy holiday travel season, sees an increase in crashes and fatalities. In 2017, 528 people were killed in crashes across the country during the holiday weekend (6pm November 22nd – 5:59am November 27th); about half of the passenger vehicle occupants who died weren’t wearing seat belts. 
To help everyone stay safe on U.S. roads this holiday, NHTSA is reminding the public to take the following precautions:
  • Travel at a safe speed. Speed affects your safety even when you are driving at the speed limit but too fast for road conditions, such as during bad weather, when a road is under repair, or in an area at night that isn’t well lit. For more than two decades, speeding has been involved in approximately one-third of all motor vehicle fatalities.
  • Don’t drive distracted. Pay attention to the road. Texting is the most alarming distraction. Sending or reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 5 seconds. At 55 mph, that's like driving the length of an entire football field with your eyes closed. Teens are the largest age group reported as distracted at the time of fatal crashes. 
  • Wear a seat belt and wear it properly. The simple act of buckling your seat belt increases your chance of surviving a crash. In 2017 alone, seat belts saved 14,955 lives. But if everyone had worn seat belts on every trip that year, 2,549 more lives could have been saved.
  • Make sure children are buckled in the right seat for them. Since 1975, 11,606 children ages 4 and under have been saved by child restraints, 325 children saved in 2017 alone.
  • Drive Sober. Designate a sober driver if you plan to drink.  In 2017 there were 10,874 fatalities in motor vehicle traffic crashes involving drivers legally drunk. These deaths are 100 percent preventable.
 
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