The Strategy on Distracted Driving is included as an addition to the CCMTA Strategy to Reduce Impaired Driving (STRID), along with two other component strategies, the Strategy on Drugs and the Strategy on Fatigue. The primary strategy relates to alcohol, and its target is defined in terms of alcohol-related collisions. The Strategy on Distracted Driving belongs with STRID because distraction can be considered a form of impairment. However, no target has been assigned to the strategy due to the lack of a suitable baseline measure. Whereas, a good measure exists for alcohol-related collisions, we do not yet have the ability to measure the number of collisions due to distraction. The objective of the strategy relates to the overall target of Road Safety Vision 2010. The Distracted Driving Strategy also has activities directed to each of the four goals of Road Safety Vision 2010: 1) Raise public awareness of road safety issues; 2) Improve communication, cooperation and collaboration among road safety agencies; 3) Enhance enforcement measures; 4) Improve national road safety data quality and collection. The purpose of this document is to report on jurisdictional progress towards measuring the role of driver distraction in collisions and to report on jurisdictional progress in managing the potential safety impacts of all sources of distractions. To this end, a questionnaire was devised to obtain and monitor jurisdictional information related to several of the key recommendations contained in the “Strategy to Address Driver Distraction” and also assist the Expert Working Group in completing some of its work plan tasks. (Author/publisher)
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