DeWine, OSHP release Distracted Driving Dashboard

The Ohio State Highway Patrol and Gov. Mike DeWine have introduced a new dashboard to help in the effort the lower the number of distracted driving violations.

The Distracted Driving Dashboard, part of the Ohio Statistics and Analytics for Traffic Safety, is devoted to distracted driving enforcement and education.

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According to OSHP, the dashboard provides a detailed view of crashes and violations caused by distracted driving across the state.

Users have the ability to filter data and find specific county and route statistics.

The tool will also track the work troopers around the state are doing in an effort to reduce the impact of distracted driving. An interactive map shows videos of troopers enforcing violations, as well as locations of distracted driving corridors.

DeWine wrote in a release that distracted driving “most certainly played a role” in making 2020 the “deadliest year on Ohio’s roads in more than a decade.”

The dashboard can be viewed here.

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