Editorial: Strategies, not scare campaigns, needed to reduce driving distractions

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Editorial: Strategies, not scare campaigns, needed to reduce driving distractions

The (Fort Wayne) Journal Gazette More than 40,000 people in the U.S. were killed last year in vehicle crashes, according to preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The new statistics, released to coincide with the launch of the agency’s “Put the Phone Away or Pay” campaign, add to concerns that little is being done to address “distracted driving,” one of the most common causes of preventable traffic deaths. The …