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MassDOT Safety (@massdotsafety) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Get mad when you peek at the driver next to you and see them on their phone? So do we.๐Ÿ˜ค Be better, don't be that guy. Simply turn on your 'Do Not Disturb', and enjoy the drive! #massDoNotDisturb #HandsFreeLaw

Get mad when you peek at the driver next to you and see them on their phone? So do we.๐Ÿ˜ค

Be better, don't be that guy.

Simply turn on your 'Do Not Disturb', and enjoy the drive! #massDoNotDisturb #HandsFreeLaw
MassDOT Safety (@massdotsafety) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Stop scrolling!๐Ÿ›‘ Attention MA college students! Mass. Transportation is hosting its 2nd work zone safety billboard design contest. Winning designs will receive a scholarship AND be featured on billboards statewide during the 2024 construction season! Enter here: mass.gov/work-zone-billโ€ฆ

Stop scrolling!๐Ÿ›‘

Attention MA college students! <a href="/MassDOT/">Mass. Transportation</a> is hosting its 2nd work zone safety billboard design contest. 

Winning designs will receive a scholarship AND be featured on billboards statewide during the 2024 construction season! 

Enter here: mass.gov/work-zone-billโ€ฆ
Safe Roads Alliance (@safe_roads) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No text or alert is worth a life. Make sure you are keeping your #EyesUpPhonesDown by enabling Do Not Disturb before you start your drive. Thanks Joseph D. Early Jr. for this campaign against #DistractedDriving Mass. Transportation City of Worcester Worcester PD Massachusetts Safe Routes to School #WalkBikeWorcester

No text or alert is worth a life. Make sure you are keeping your #EyesUpPhonesDown by enabling Do Not Disturb before you start your drive. Thanks <a href="/worcesterda/">Joseph D. Early Jr.</a> for this campaign against #DistractedDriving <a href="/massdot/">Mass. Transportation</a> <a href="/TweetWorcester/">City of Worcester</a> <a href="/WorcesterPD/">Worcester PD</a> <a href="/SafeRoutes_MA/">Massachusetts Safe Routes to School</a> #WalkBikeWorcester
MassDOT Safety (@massdotsafety) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Did you know? Sending/reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 5 sec. At 55 mph, that's like ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐. ๐Ÿ™ˆ Put your phone down and enjoy a safe drive.

Did you know?

Sending/reading a text takes your eyes off the road for 5 sec. At 55 mph, that's like ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐. ๐Ÿ™ˆ

Put your phone down and enjoy a safe drive.
David Zipper (@davidzipper) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"No one I spoke to for this piece could name a recent sizable pedestrianization or traffic-reduction scheme that had been reversed once it had been given time to have an effect." wired.com/story/car-freeโ€ฆ

"No one I spoke to for this piece could name a recent sizable pedestrianization or traffic-reduction scheme that had been reversed once it had been given time to have an effect."

wired.com/story/car-freeโ€ฆ
Safe Roads Alliance (@safe_roads) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๏ฟผ There are three kinds of distracted driving: cognitive, manual, and visual. Texting and driving use all three types. Turn on Do Not Disturb to minimize distractions and ensure you are keeping your #EyesUpPhonesDown.

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There are three kinds of distracted driving: cognitive, manual, and visual. Texting and driving use all three types. Turn on Do Not Disturb to minimize distractions and ensure you are keeping your #EyesUpPhonesDown.
Safe Roads Alliance (@safe_roads) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If youโ€™re driving a truck so big that you take out a carโ€™s front bumper and another carโ€™s back bumper while trying to weasel your way into a lane IN a rotary, your truck is probably too big. Ellery ๐ŸŒป ๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿšฒ ๐ŸŽถ Vision Zero Network Families For Safe Streets nhtsagov #smallercars #streetsafety

Safe Roads Alliance (@safe_roads) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We must slow down, we must have our eyes up, we must purchase vehicles that we can see children from. Whatever the circumstance of this horrible tragedy, this childโ€™s death was preventable. WBUR @bobWGBH Boston Transportation Department The Boston Globe Adam Gaffin Vision Zero Network nhtsagov NTSB WCVB-TV Boston

David Zipper (@davidzipper) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On the safety benefits of quality bike lanes: This new study finds that protected lanes reduce avg car speeds by 28%, plus 21% for cars turning right. Painted bike lanes generate only a 11-15% speed reduction for cars turning right. doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmโ€ฆ

On the safety benefits of quality bike lanes:

This new study finds that protected lanes reduce avg car speeds by 28%, plus 21% for cars turning right.

Painted bike lanes generate only a 11-15% speed reduction for cars turning right.

doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmโ€ฆ
Safe Roads Alliance (@safe_roads) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We joined hundreds of road safety advocates from across the US to push legislators to made safety a priority on our roads. No more preventable deaths on our roads & in our crosswalks โฆNational Safety Councilโฉ โฆPete Buttigiegโฉ โฆU.S. Department of Transportationโฉ โฆnhtsagovโฉ โฆโฆFMCSAโฉ

We joined hundreds of road safety advocates from across the US to push legislators to made safety a priority on our roads. No more preventable deaths on our roads &amp; in our crosswalks โฆ<a href="/NSCsafety/">National Safety Council</a>โฉ โฆ<a href="/PeteButtigieg/">Pete Buttigieg</a>โฉ โฆ<a href="/USDOT/">U.S. Department of Transportation</a>โฉ โฆ<a href="/NHTSAgov/">nhtsagov</a>โฉ โฆโฆ<a href="/FMCSA/">FMCSA</a>โฉ
We Save Lives (@wesavelivesorg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#DNDWD2024 Today is #donotdisturbwhiledriving day! We encourage everyone to add this app on your phone to keep you & others safe. It just takes a minute & that minute could save your life & that of someone you love. Please RT! Help us encourage everyone to add this feature to

#DNDWD2024 Today is #donotdisturbwhiledriving day! We encourage everyone to add this app on your phone to keep you &amp; others safe. It just takes a minute &amp; that minute could save your life &amp; that of someone you love. Please RT! Help us encourage everyone to add this feature to
EndDD.org (@end_dd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐ŸŒ™ Night drives call for extra focus. Enable Do Not Disturb to silence phone notifications and make sure you arrive safe. Distractions can wait, your safety cannot! ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธโœจ #DNDWD24 #ButNotWhileDriving #JustDrive #endDD

๐ŸŒ™ Night drives call for extra focus. Enable Do Not Disturb to silence phone notifications and make sure you arrive safe. Distractions can wait, your safety cannot! ๐Ÿ›ฃ๏ธโœจ

#DNDWD24 #ButNotWhileDriving #JustDrive #endDD
Safe Roads Alliance (@safe_roads) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you Cambridge Bicycle Safety & all the advocates for an incredibly powerful #WorldDayOfRemembrance ride &rally for safe streets. We need better road design, future legislation & ways to get ppl to buy smaller cars. Steve Owens Manny Cruz MassBike nbcboston.com/news/local/masโ€ฆ

Safe Roads Alliance (@safe_roads) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Well cute green fuzzy owls arenโ€™t the only ones at risk of being killed by a #cybertruck. Their design is 1 of the most frightening weโ€™ve seen on the road nhtsagov should be regulating vehicle design, size & weight w pedestrians, cyclists (+ owls) in mind techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/duoโ€ฆ

Safe Roads Alliance (@safe_roads) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hey Mike Johnson it looks like you need to have a long convo w your Chief of Staff. This is pretty poor. Secretary Sean Duffy U.S. Department of Transportation nhtsagov #DrunkDrivingKills #Congress #BadChoices #Consequences nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/โ€ฆ