APRIL IS DISTRACTED DRIVING MONTH

APRIL IS……NATIONAL DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH…..AND AS PART OF THIS MONTH’S AWARENESS EFFORTS…..A HIGH-VIVIBILITY

ENFORCEMENTCAMPAIGN……“PUT THE PHONE AWAY OF PAY”……WILL RUN TODAY THRU APRIL 13^TH…..

LAST YEAR…..ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE….THERE WERE FIVE-THOUSAND-FIVE HUNDRED-THREE CRASHES…..18 OF WHICH WERE

FATAL…..LINKED TO DISTRACTED DRIVING….INCLUDING CELL PHONE USE….

IN THE COMMONWEALTH…..DRIVERS UNDER 18 ARE PROHIBITED FROM USING PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION……EXCEPT

IN EMERGENCIES TO CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT OR MEDICAL SERVICES……..

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