Backgrounder As part of the Allstate Canada Action Against Distraction Blow the Whistle campaign, high school students

in Moncton, Montreal and Toronto tallied distracted drivers between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 28, in an intersection near their respective schools. Allstate Agents in Calgary, Edmonton, Sudbury, Ottawa, Windsor and Halifax also did similar counts in their communities. Below are their results. Student Tallies Distraction Moncton, Riverview High School (intersection: Findlay Boulevard and Whitepine Road) Montreal, Rosemount High School (intersection: Beaubien Street and Pie IX Boulevard) 39 14 34 17 Toronto, Northern Total Secondary School (intersection: Mount Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue East)

Talking on phone Texting Talking to passengers Using electronic device (ex: GPS, video, Gaming system, adjusting dials) Smoking Eating/drinking Searching for an object in the car Grooming (applying makeup, fixing hair, shaving, etc.) Other Multiple (more than one listed distraction) Total

2 8 88 20

11 19 26 11

52 41 148 48

44 46 9 16

63 68 10 21

24 59 10 15

131 173 29 52

47 9

41 7

22 2

110 18

289

314

199

802

Allstate Agent Tallies Intersections: Calgary: 37 Street SW and Bow Trail SW Edmonton: 50 Street NW and 101 Avenue NW Sudbury: Lasalle Boulevard and Notre Dame Avenue Ottawa: Greenbank Road and Stranherd Drive Windsor: Lauzon Parkway and Tecumseh Road East Halifax: Kearney Lake Road and Parkland Drive Calgary 22 26 32 16 Edmonton 10 13 18 5 Sudbury 8 7 5 1 Ottawa 4 2 5 8 Windsor 15 4 3 1 Halifax 4 2 30 2 Total 63 54 93 33

Distraction Talking on phone Texting Talking to passengers Using electronic device (ex: GPS, video, gaming system, adjusting dials) Smoking Eating/ drinking Searching for an object in the car Grooming (applying makeup, fixing hair, shaving, etc.) Other Multiple (more than one listed distraction) Total

23 55 3

32 44 7

15 13 3

11 23 7

12 21 0

2 31 11

95 187 31

10

25

4 5

9 3

1 1

0 0

1 2

7 5

22 16

190

151

59

63

59

97

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