Join Hands-Free Oklahoma…
to help make roads safer for everyone.
Hands-Free Oklahoma aims to help stem the tide of distracted driving in Oklahoma, provide education, create awareness
of the dangers of distracted driving, and promote policies to support safer roads and less digital distraction.
Hands-Free Oklahoma Members
Distracted Driving has reached epidemic proportions.
Did you know…
Oklahoma ranked 5th WORST state in the nation for
distracted driving in 2023.
There were 79,670 crashes due to distracted driving
in Oklahoma from 2012-2021, causing 414 fatalities
and ___ serious injuries.
71% of those fatalities were NOT driving - they were
innocent victims - other drivers, passengers,
pedestrians, and bicyclists.
Oklahoma saw a 7.7% increase in screen interaction
from 2021 to 2023. Oklahoma drivers spent an average.
of more than 3 minutes per hour interacting with their
phone screen for every hour they drove.
If you are driving 55 miles an hour you travel the
distance of a football field in LESS than 4 seconds!
It is estimated that there were 12,405 distracted
driving fatalities in the US in 2021.
(Sources: OHSO, NHTSA, Cambridge Mobile Telematics, NHTSA.)
Join us on May 1, 2024
Virtual Meeting for
Hands-Free Oklahoma
2:30 pm Zoom
Click to receive meeting link.
Why: To strategize enacting hands-free legislation to make Oklahoma roads SAFER for all.
Who: Advocates, transportation officials, law enforcement, public health professionals, injury prevention specialists, students, Moms, Dads, students, first responders, all are welcome.
All Children Buckled Up Campaign
OKLAHOMA CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY
ISSUE: Oklahoma ranks 50th in the nation in protecting older children, ages 8-17, in vehicles.
DEAD LAST. WHY? Oklahoma is the only state in the nation without a law requiring children and older to wear a seat belt when riding in the back seat. Right now, only those under 8 years old are protected.
SOLUTION: Contact your state representative and senator, asking them to vote for a law that protects those 17 and younger in the back seat by wearing seat belts. (Exemptions for licensed agricultural vehicles will remain.)
Oklahoma Challenge joined with AAA, Oklahoma FCCLA and many more organizations to work to get a law passed requiring seatbelts in the back seat for children, ages 8-17.
