Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of car crashes in Minnesota . You’ve likely seen it on local roads, drivers eating, applying makeup, or fiddling with the radio or GPS.
The primary cause of distracted driving is the phone—whether it’s talking, texting, taking photos, or scrolling through social media. One Minnesota police department is cracking down and has started using A.I. technology to identify and ticket violators.
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Mike Hanson is the director of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety and calls the amount of distracted driving on Minnesota roads “disturbing and extremely frustrating.
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) said, between 2019 and 2023, distracted driving was a factor in 30,000 crashes, which led to an average of 29 deaths a year and 146 life-changing injuries per year…