Awareness is most powerful distracted driving deterrent, poll finds
Allstate Canada announces winners of national high school contestTORONTO, ON— January 31, 2013— A recent online poll conducted by Allstate Insurance Company of Canada found that the majority (78 per cent) of respondents said they don’t drive distracted because of increased awareness of the dangers. While 94 per cent of respondents are aware they could receive a ticket for distracted driving, only 7 per cent of respondents said this punishment deters them from driving distracted. Personal safety, it seems, ranks much higher than the threat of a monetary penalty. Some 89 per cent of high