In "The Road to Distraction", we delve into the serious issue of distracted driving and its impact on road safety. Each year, thousands of lives are lost and countless more are injured due to drivers being distracted by their phones, eating while driving, or other distractions behind the wheel. As April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, it is a time to regroup and take responsibility for the choices we make on the road. As drivers, we need to be cognizant of the fact that our only job is to drive. Joined by Robyn Robertson of the Traffic Injury and Research Foundation (TIRF), whose mission is to ensure people using roads making it home safely every day by eliminating road deaths, serious injuries and their social costs, we discuss forms of distracted driving, the psychology behind why people drive distracted despite knowing the dangers of it and what can be done to reduce distracted driving to create safer roads for everyone.

Additional resources from April's episode:

• Traffic Injury and Research Foundation
• USA National Distracted Driving Coalition
• Drop it and Drive education program
• Canadian Coalition on Distracted Driving e-hub
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
• NETS Distracted Driving Module

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