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Portable Sanitation Association International News
BIWEEKLY EDITION APRIL 14, 2021
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April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
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oin the National Safety Council (NSC) in recognizing
Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Use these resources
to create or enhance a distracted driving program to
engage your workforce, share safe driving messages, and
help keep our roadways and people safer. These step-by-step
instructions will help you make the most of your distracted
driving materials. While the resources focus on distracted driving
generally, many of the concepts can be easily adapted for use in
organizations like a portable sanitation company.
Throughout April
1. Resources: Download and review your Distracted Driving Awareness Month social media kit and proclamation.
2. Social Media Kit: Get ready-to-use social media posts and images to engage with your social community about
the risks of distracted driving. Social media graphics are customized for Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Use
the hashtag: #JustDrive in all your posts.
3. Proclamation: Work with your local, county or state government to declare April Distracted Driving Awareness
Month. Download a template of the proclamation at the link above as well as tips for using the template.
Early April
1. Commit to driving distraction-free. Take the NSC Just Drive Pledge:
More than 700 people are injured in distracted driving crashes each day.
Encourage all employees and their family members to take the NSC
pledge to drive distraction-free.
2. 5-Minute Safety Talk and accompanying PowerPoint presentation: Use this
safety talk and accompanying presentation to kick off a meeting and help
educate your co-workers about the risks of inattention blindness. Grab a
blindfold to really drive this point home.
3. Posters: Print and display the focus on your drive poster or the just is all it
takes poster in common areas or share them digitally to raise awareness
of distracted driving risks. This week, focus on the three steps of starting
a safe drive and why "just" isn't an excuse to drive distracted. Get the
posters here and here.
4. Infographics: Share infographics on workplace TV monitors and online
to catch the attention of employees and keep safety on their minds. This
week, put the focus on in-vehicle distractions and the risks of hands-free
device use while driving.
Mid-April
1. Posters: Print and display posters in common areas or share them digitally to raise awareness of distracted
driving risks. This week, bust some multitasking myths and explain the basics of copilot rights in the car.
2. Infographics: Share infographics on workplace TV monitors and online to catch the attention of employees
and keep safety on their minds. This week, continue the conversation on multitasking myths and ask, "Who's
driving, you or your car?"
3. Quiz: After engaging your workers with the above poster and infographic on multitasking myths, put their
knowledge to the test with a quiz on these risks.
nsc.org/justdrive
Focus
on
Your
Drive
Before you start out:
Set up playlist
Silence and put away your phone
Program GPS
Set up your drive while you're still in "Park."
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