Community
Distracted Driving
Nature of Incident: | April Traffic Safety Awareness – Distracted Driving | ||
Location: | Thousand Oaks, CA | ||
Date & Time: | Month of April 2022 | ||
Unit(s) Responsible: | Thousand Oaks Police Department – Traffic Bureau | ||
Narrative: Distracted Driving | |||
The Thousand Oaks Police Department strives to promote traffic safety within the community. In an effort to recognize certain hazards while driving, the Traffic Bureau is continuing a monthly traffic awareness reminder program, addressing a traffic topic each month. While we focus on a specific topic each month, it’s always imperative to constantly strive to follow all rules of the road. The month of April is dedicated to “Distracted Driving.” Each year, hundreds of collisions occur in California and many of those collisions are caused by a distracted driver. Distracted driving is anything that takes your eyes or mind off the road, or your hands off the steering wheel especially texting and cell phone use. These are the most dangerous things we do behind the wheel that many people do not think about because it is so common. Cell phone laws were enacted to help prevent distracted driving. In fact, any driver under the age of 18 cannot use a cell phone or any other electronic wireless device at all, not handheld, hands free, Bluetooth, speaker phone, or any other means. Here are some important facts you should know:
The Thousand Oaks Traffic Bureau urges citizens to drive safely at all times and without any distractions. Some recommendations from the Thousand Oaks Traffic Bureau include:
For more information on distracted driving please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUhhx5GMrXw https://www.iihs.org/topics/distracted-driving https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving |
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Prepared by: | Sgt. Dennis Sliva | ||
News Release Date: | March 30, 2022 | ||
Media Follow-Up Contact: | Sgt. Dennis Sliva Office (805) 494-8246 [email protected] |
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Approved by: | Captain Dean Cook | ||
Address/Location
Ventura County Sheriff's Office
800 S Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93003
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 805-654-9511