Tony Evers – Evers wrong on texting and driving stat

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Evers wrong on texting and driving stat

Pushing safe driving on Twitter, Gov. Tony Evers urged state residents to buckle up, ditch distractions, drive sober and obey traffic laws. Those phrases appeared in a graphic that accompanied Evers’ Aug. 20, 2019, tweet saying "safe driving is everyone’s job." The graphic, created by Evers’ office, used a series of statistics in an attempt to drive home the point. It noted, for example, that seat belt use reduces injuries and that the blood-alcohol limit in Wisconsin is 0.08. But this distractions stat stood out: "1 out of every 4 car accidents in the U.S. is caused by …

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