{"id":10141,"date":"2020-10-14T20:56:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T20:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=10141"},"modified":"2020-10-14T20:56:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T20:56:17","slug":"new-campaign-aims-to-catch-drivers-texting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/new-campaign-aims-to-catch-drivers-texting\/","title":{"rendered":"New campaign aims to catch drivers texting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A campaign to deter drivers from texting or using their phones behind the wheel has been launched in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Transportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced its <em>U Drive. U Text. U Pay<\/em>. campaign to support National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officers nationwide will be looking for drivers texting or using their phones behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDistracted driving can cause accidents and worse \u2013 this educational campaign reminds drivers to focus on the road and drive safely,\u201d said US Transportation Secretary Elaine L Chao.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>U Drive. U Text. U Pay.<\/em> initiative, now in its seventh year, is supported by a $5 million advertising campaign with new ads appearing on television, radio, and digital platforms targeting the high-risk driver category, ages 18 to 34.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A campaign to deter drivers from texting or using their phones behind the wheel has been launched in the United States. The US Department of Transportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced its U Drive. U Text. U Pay. campaign to support National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Law enforcement officers nationwide will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":10142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}