8/2/2016-HARRISBURG

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, (PennDOT) is seeking
motorists'
input on highway safety, traffic safety enforcement and driving behaviors
through an online survey at www.penndot.gov/safety

"Our top priority continues to be safety," PennDOT Secretary Leslie S.
Richards
said. "Public input through this survey allows us to quantify and adjust
our
safety efforts while gauging participants' knowledge of the consequences of

unsafe behaviors."

The brief survey will be available until August 23 and focuses on highway
safety issues such as seat belts, impaired driving, speeding, motorcycles
and
distracted driving. People completing the survey may remain anonymous, but
are
asked to provide their gender, age and county of residence.

More than 850 people responded to last year's survey. Last year's notable
results included that, in the previous 60 days, nearly 77 percent of
respondents said they had not driven a motor vehicle within two hours after

consuming alcoholic beverages. Also, 86 percent of drivers indicated they
always used a seat belt.

On survey questions related to motorcycles, 88 percent of respondents
reported
that they always wear helmets or other protective gear, an increase from 78

percent in 2014.

Last year's survey also asked about texting or emailing while driving.
Ninety
percent of those surveyed indicated that they never or rarely text message
or
email while driving, an increase from 87 percent in 2014.

Follow PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/PennDOTNews, Instagram at
www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot/, and Facebook at
www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDepartmentofTransportation.

Media contact: Rich Kirkpatrick, 717-783-8800

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