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Portable Sanitation Association International News
BIWEEKLY EDITION APRIL 14, 2021
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April Is Distracted Driving Awareness Month…continued from page 14
4. Videos: Share a video with co-workers about safely
setting up for your drive before you depart, and share a
video about the dangers of distracted driving.
5. Twitter Chat: Participate in the Distracted Driving
Awareness Month Twitter Chat at 1 p.m. CST on April
14. Join NSC and others on Twitter to answer questions
about distracted driving, ask questions about roadway
safety, and engage with other organizations focused on
keeping their workers safe on the road. Use the hashtag:
#JustDrive21 in all of your posts during the chat.
Late April
1. E-blast reminder: Driving distraction-free is a lifelong commitment.
Attach the posters (links in number 4 below) in an email to employees
and link to the NSC distracted driving pledge.
2. Fact sheet: Keep your teams engaged and give them a greater
understanding of distracted driving issues with this fact sheet. Share it
in common areas where your workers can look it over and increase their
knowledge.
3. Put the "social" back in social: Encourage employees to comment on
and share your organization's distracted driving posts. Link employees to
the above NSC social media toolkit and keep these conversations going
all month long by urging them to join with their own channels.
4. Posters: Print and display posters in common areas or share them
digitally to raise awareness of distracted driving risks. This week, keep
the focus on two simple tasks: phones down and eyes on the road when
behind the wheel.
5. Infographic: Share infographics on workplace TV monitors and online to
catch the attention of employees and keep safety on their minds. This
week, share an infographic to show how state laws have changed over
the last decade to address distracted driving risks.
Wrapping It Up
1. Safe driving policy: Use this template to implement your own safe driving policy or to upgrade an existing
policy in your organization. Be sure your policy addresses concerns over distracted driving, speeding,
aggressive driving, impaired driving, and seat belt use. Reserve space at the end of your policy for employee
acknowledgment, with signature required.
2. Hot cars and distraction: Distraction can have deadly consequences even when it doesn't lead to a crash.
Encourage your co-workers to take the free NSC Children in Hot Cars training.
3. Report: In "Understanding Driver Distraction," NSC presents research behind recommendations to ban the use
of cell phones and in-vehicle technologies while driving.
4. Online Defensive Driving Courses: Consider NSC Defensive Driving Online Courses to motivate and educate
your employees to be safe, responsible drivers. v
Distracted Driving, Then & Now
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nsc.org/justdrive
We have made progress but there is still a long way to go.
Let's make distracted driving a thing of the past.
Handheld cell phone use by
drivers has declined slightly
in the past 10 years, from
4.9% to 3.2%.
48 states plus D.C. have enacted
texting bans for all drivers.
Handheld cell phone use is illegal
for all drivers in 24 states plus D.C.
Congress designated April
as Distracted Driving
Awareness Month in 2010.
The goal is zero cell
phone use by drivers.
