South Dakota
South Dakota pedestrian fatalities rise by 80 percent
This interview is from SDPB’s every day public-affairs present, Within the Second, hosted by Lori Walsh.
Greater than 3000 folks have been killed nationally in 2020 attributable to some type of distracted driving. It is thought-about an underreported statistic relating to site visitors crashes and fatalities. Pedestrian deaths are on the rise as properly. Shawn Steward is supervisor of public affairs with AAA South Dakota.
“In South Dakota, the variety of pedestrian-related fatalities rose from 5 in 2020 to 9 in 2021,” Steward says. “That is an 80 p.c improve in South Dakota, which was the eighth highest within the nation.”
April is distracted driving consciousness month. South Dakota has what is named a move-over regulation, which suggests drivers should transfer over a lane or decelerate considerably when passing autos displaying amber or flashing lights.