Earl Haig students count distracted drivers in North York
Posted October 1, 2013 8:40 am.
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Earl Haig Secondary School students staked out a North York intersection on Tuesday morning to find out just how many drivers were distracted during rush hour.
The students and representatives from Allstate Canada were tallying up the numbers at the corner of Empress Avenue and Yonge Street from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
Allstate Canada said a recent study it commissioned found that 97 per cent of Canadian drivers perceive distracted driving negatively if done by other drivers. Yet 90 per cent of them admit to engaging in some kind of distraction behind the wheel, up from 75 per cent in a similar survey conducted in 2010.
The company said its goal in holding a dozen similar events at busy Canadian intersections is to help teens think about the risks and consequences of distracted driving, and encourage them not to drive distracted.
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