It’s 2025 and Time to Join Hands-Free Oklahoma
to Help Make Roads Safe for Everyone!
Distracted Driving has Reached Epidemic Proportions
Hands-Free Oklahoma is gearing up for an exciting new chapter in our fight against distracted driving! We need your help to bring new voices and supporters into this movement - whether they are individuals directly impacted by distracted driving or those passionate about creating safer roads for all Oklahomans. Together we can build the momentum necessary to ensure success this legislative session.
Did You Know?
Oklahoma ranked 5th WORST state in the nation for distracted driving in 2023.
There were 79,670 crashes due to distracted driving in Oklahoma from 2012-2021,
causing 414 fatalities and serious injuries.
71% of those fatalities were NOT driving - they were innocent victims - other drivers,
passengers, pedestrians, and bicyclists.
Oklahoma saw a 7.7% increase in screen interaction from 2021 to 2023. Oklahoma
drivers spent an average of more than 3 minutes per hour interacting with their phone
screen for every hour they drove.
If you are driving 55 miles an hour, you can travel the distance of a football field in less
than 4 seconds!
It is estimated that there were 12,405 distracted driving fatalities in the US in 2021.
(Sources: OHSO, NHTSA, Cambridge Mobile Telematics, NHTSA.)
Hands-Free Oklahoma will hold its first coalition meeting of the year on
February 10, 2025, at 2pm CST.
This meeting is an opportunity to regroup, strategize, and expand our coalition.
You are invited to join us via Zoom.
Click on the link below to register in advance for this meeting:
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
All Children Buckled Up Campaign
Oklahoma Child Passenger Saftey
ISSUE: Oklahoma ranks 50th in the nation in protecting older children, ages 8-17, in vehicles.
DEAD LAST. WHY? Oklahoma is the only state in the nation without a law requiring children and older to wear a seat belt when riding in the back seat. Right now, only those under eight years old are protected.
SOLUTION: Contact your state representative and senator, asking them to vote for a law requiring seat belts for people 17 and younger in the back seat. Exemptions for licensed agricultural vehicles will remain.
Oklahoma Challenge joined with AAA, Oklahoma FCCLA, and many other organizations to work to pass a law requiring seatbelts in the back seat for children ages 8 to 17.
