Videos: DOT tugs on heartstrings with 'Face of Distracted Driving' campaign
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/" rel="tag">Videos</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/19/videos-dot-tugs-on-heartstrings-with-face-of-distracted-drivin/#continued"><img vspace="4" hspace="0" border="1" alt="Faces of Distracted Driving" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/11/faces-630.jpg" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><sma ll>Faces of Distracted Driving - Click above to watch videos <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/19/videos-dot-tugs-on-heartstrings-with-face-of-distracted-drivin/#continued">after the jump</a></small></strong></em></div>
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As part of this year's <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/distracted%20driving%20su mmit">Distracted Driving Summit</a>, Transportation Secretary <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ray lahood">Ray LaHood</a> and the Department of Transportation unveiled a new campaign to curb distracted driving. Called The Faces of Distracted Driving, the web series tells the stories of friends and family members who lost someone to distracted driving. So far, just three episodes have been released, but more are expected in the future. <br />
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The DOT says that last year, 5,500 people were killed and over 50,000 were injured in incidents related to distracted driving. Here's hoping the Faces of Distracted Driving campaign does something to curb that figure. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/19/videos-dot-tugs-on-heartstrings-with-face-of-distracted-drivin/#continued">Click past the jump</a> to see the videos for yourself.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://www.distraction.gov/faces/index.html">Department of Transportation</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/19/videos-dot-tugs-on-heartstrings-with-face-of-distracted-drivin/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Videos: DOT tugs on heartstrings with 'Face of Distracted Driving' campaign</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/19/videos-dot-tugs-on-heartstrings-with-face-of-distracted-drivin/">Videos: DOT tugs on heartstrings with 'Face of Distracted Driving' campaign</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:57:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/19/videos-dot-tugs-on-heartstrings-with-face-of-distracted-drivin/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19720879/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/11/19/videos-dot-tugs-on-heartstrings-with-face-of-distracted-drivin/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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