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    Seat Belts Are Good For Business!
    Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
    • Feb 18
    • 2 min

    Seat Belts Are Good For Business!

    Don't take my word for it. Check this out. According to the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) Cost of Crashes report for 2019, the average fatal crash costs an employer $751,382. This is over ten times more costly than the average cost for a non-fatal injury ($75,176), which is over fourteen times more expensive than property damage only crash ($5,483). Wearing a seat belt could be the difference between a fatal crash and property damage only crash. Wearing a se
    Safe Travels this Holiday Season.
    Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
    • Nov 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    Safe Travels this Holiday Season.

    It's the holiday season, and that means that many people are going to be traveling, especially this year. AAA is predicting 53.4 million people will be traveling this holiday. Naturally, it's a significant increase compared to last year's numbers, and we will be pretty close to pre-pandemic numbers. With that, people should take some definitive steps to ensure the highest level of safety to and from their destination. Number 1 Above all else, ensure that you and all other veh
    A single "No Eye-Roll" way of helping our kids avoid distracted driving.
    Steve Schmidt - Drive Safe Missoula
    • Oct 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    A single "No Eye-Roll" way of helping our kids avoid distracted driving.

    Dear Parents, October is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and I'm asking for your help. We Need You! We need you to help us help the young drivers in your family avoid distracted driving. Here's why. As a parent who managed to teach two teenagers how to drive and survive, I've seen my fair share of eye-rolls. A simple little, "I love you. Please drive safe." Was all it took to induce an eye-roll as they were walking out the door. If "Drive Safe" caused and eye-roll tha
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    Drive Safe Missoula

    Missoula City-County Health Department
    301 W. Alder
    Missoula, MT  59802

    406.258.3880

    Coordinator: Steve Schmidt

    sschmidt@missoulacounty.us

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