Distracted driving collisions cause more injuries than impaired driving: SGI
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SGI says more people in Saskatchewan are injured in distracted driving collisions every year than are injured in impaired driving and speeding collisions combined.
SGI has a simple message to keep people safe on Saskatchewan roads and highways: “don’t drive distracted.”
Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) says an average of 877 people are injured each year in collisions involving distracted driving.
That represents one out of every five injuries — more than are injured in impaired driving and speeding collisions combined, according to SGI.
Distracted driving also results in an average of 26 deaths each year.
“There’s no phone call, there’s no text, there’s no Instagram story or message on Snap … that’s worth potentially injuring or killing somebody,” said SGI spokesperson Tyler McMurchy.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re at a red light, (if) you’re stopped for a train. If you’re in a driving lane, you’re in care and control of that vehicle, you need to keep that phone out of your hand.”
Saskatoon police Staff Sgt. Patrick Barbar said officers in the city issue just under 3,000 tickets yearly for distracted driving.
He said in one instance, a driver missed seeing a “very obvious police vehicle,” the force’s impaired mobile testing van, which has a large picture of the side of a police officer.
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