Phones down: Keeping Ohio’s roads safer

Phones down: Keeping Ohio’s roads safer

By Dean Fadel Guest columnist If you drive on Ohio’s highways (or any highway across the U.S. for that matter), you’ve undoubtedly seen it – the driver next to you looking down at their phone to send a text or check social media. They’re only looking away from the road for a second, right? Not so fast. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2022, more than 3,300 people were killed and nearly 290,000 were injured in m…