FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Amanda Brown
(615) 686-1022, mobile
Monday, April 6, 2015
MEDIA ALERT
State Officials and Local Employers Say “Thumbs Down”
to Texting & Driving during Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office will join the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security and representatives from the Coca Cola Bottling Company Consolidated to highlight April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month and to educate Tennesseans on the dangers of driving distracted. The press event will take place Tuesday, April 7th at the James K. Polk Building.
During the event, the Governor’s Highway Safety Office will discuss their new “Thumbs Down to Texting and Driving” campaign. To support this initiative, local employers and partners will be displaying decals to discourage texting and driving and conducting distracted driving pledge sign-ups. Research from the National Safety Council shows that motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of work-related deaths, and drivers using cell phones are four times as likely to crash.
WHO: Director Kendell Poole, Governor’s Highway Safety Office
Larissa Redmond, fiancé of victim Clifton Gibbs
Commissioner John Schroer, Tennessee Department of Transportation
Risk Control Manager Grant Kerr, Coca Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
Commissioner Bill Gibbons, Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security
WHAT: Distracted Driving Press Event
WHEN: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
10:00 a.m. CST
WHERE: James K. Polk Building
H-Level Lobby
505 Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 37243
For more information about the press event, contact Amanda Brown, 615-686-1022. For more information about the Governor’s Highway Safety Office, visit our website at www.tntrafficsafety.org.
Article Date:
Monday, April 6, 2015
