Travelers Institute Hosts Every Second Matters℠ Symposium at Massachusetts General Hospital to Address Distracted Driving E...
30 Mai 2019 - 3:26PM
Business Wire
New survey finds 75% of Boston-area drivers
surveyed use phones behind the wheel
Local victim honored in new “Unfinished
Stories” video
The Travelers Institute, the public policy division of The
Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV), will host a symposium,
“Disrupting Distraction,” today at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Part of the company’s Every Second Matters education series, the
event will explore the implications of distracted driving and
approaches to help tackle this important public health problem.
Travelers recently commissioned a survey of 517 Boston-area
drivers and found that 75% use their mobile device for calls or
apps while driving, compared to 68% of drivers across the country
who admitted to the same behavior in the 2019 Travelers Risk
Index.
The survey also identified the top reasons drivers in the
Greater Boston area use mobile devices while driving,
including:
- Fearing they’ll miss something
important (22%).
- Having family obligations that require
constant attention (18%).
- Being unable to resist the urge to
check the phone when hearing or seeing a notification (16%).
- Feeling that it makes the drive go by
faster (13%).
“Many of the drivers surveyed admitted to using their phone
while driving, and nearly a quarter said they had gotten into a
crash or collision due to another driver’s distraction,” said Joan
Woodward, President of the Travelers Institute and Executive Vice
President of Public Policy at Travelers. “Too many lives have been
affected by such careless behavior, and each of us has a
responsibility to make our roads safer.”
During this event, Travelers will premiere the third video in
its “Unfinished Stories” series, which honors victims of distracted
driving by imagining what might have been if the crash had never
occurred. This video tells the story of Howard Stein of West
Townsend, Massachusetts. Emily Stein, the victim’s daughter and
President of the Safe Roads Alliance, will deliver the event’s
opening presentation along with Jillian Kaplan, the survivor of a
crash caused by distracted driving.
“It has been a privilege working with Travelers to tell my dad’s
unfinished story, which honors his life and all that my family
lost,” said Emily Stein. “While so much has been done to educate
the public about the dangers of distracted driving, there is still
a long way to go, and I’m grateful for Travelers’ work to help
spread the message.”
Today’s program — co-hosted by the Travelers Institute, the
Safe Roads Alliance, Massachusetts General Hospital, the New
England Council, the National Safety Council and the Road to Zero
Coalition — will begin at 4 p.m. ET and include a panel discussion
moderated by Woodward and featuring:
- Pete Gulbrandsen, Vice President and
National Auto Lead, Personal Insurance, Travelers.
- Jeff Larason, Director, Highway Safety
Division, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Ben Kotrc, Senior Data Scientist,
TrueMotion, Inc.
- Dr. R. Malcolm Smith, Chief,
Orthopaedic Trauma Center, Massachusetts General Hospital.
“Small actions like reaching for a phone or programming a GPS
may not seem significant in the moment, but trauma centers like
ours see the true cost of these distractions each day,” said Dr.
Smith. “Injuries and fatalities resulting from distracted driving
are entirely preventable, and greater education and awareness of
those tragic consequences can help curb this dangerous habit.”
To view the “Unfinished Stories” video series and other related
material, visit www.travelers.com/DistractedDriving. For more
information on the company’s Every Second Matters initiative,
please visit the Travelers Institute website.
About the Travelers Institute
The Travelers Institute, the public policy division of The
Travelers Companies, Inc., engages in discussion and analysis of
public policy topics of importance to the insurance marketplace and
to the financial services industry more broadly. The Travelers
Institute draws upon the industry expertise of Travelers’ senior
management, as well as the technical expertise of many of
Travelers’ underwriters, risk managers and other experts to provide
information, analysis and solutions to public policymakers and
regulators. Travelers is a leading provider of property casualty
insurance for auto, home and business. For more information, visit
www.travelers.com.
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