The American Society of Safety Engineers is calling on safety pros to support efforts to cut down on distracted driving since the leading cause of workplace fatalities is motor vehicle crashes.

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Tags: ASSE, cell phones and driving, distracted driving, driver education, motor vehicle crashes

A 30-minute video, made in a small town in Wales, was intended for local high school students to show them the dangers of texting and driving. But now, people from all around the world have watched it on YouTube — and the general reaction by viewers is that they’ll never text and drive again.

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Tags: cell phones and driving, Gwent Wales police department, texting and driving video