February is Distracted Driving Awareness Month in Alberta, and Matthew Gervais, Municipal Traffic Officer with the RCMP, says it continues to be a problem in Airdrie.

Gervais said officers will be out on the roads this month making sure people are driving safely.

"Myself and my partner will be out with Municipal Enforcement doing numerous different checks, distracted driving being one of them."

Gervais says there's only one thing to say about distracted driving: Don't do it!

"The only thing that you can really say is there's no text out there that's important enough that would be worth causing a collision. So put the phones down, put it on Bluetooth and if it is something important that you're waiting for, pull over, do it safely and then check your phone. Don't do it while you're driving."

 

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