SAGINAW TWP, Mich. – Distracted driving can come in many different forms.
You can be distracted by a friend, or your cell phone.
According to Michigan State Police data, of the more than 540-thousand crashes in 2017 about 65-hundred of them were caused by drivers distracted by their a device or their passenger.
Tuesday, the Peers Foundation was at Heritage High School in Saginaw Township to help teach kids about distracted driving.
The kids got a hands-on chance take the augmented distracted driving education simulator for a drive.
Julie Piotrowski with the Peers Foundation said, “Some of them will take away that they will not text and drive. So, maybe hopefully they will save a couple lives.”
The Peers Foundation and General Motors have teamed up to bring the program to more than 100 schools across Michigan in 2019.
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