Distracted driving in Canada

D. also recognize the contributions of the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) to share their knowledge and activities in relation to distracted driving to help inform the development of the environmental scan and to facilitate its dissemination to a broad cross-section of respondents. [...] This was conducted, in large part, because the sheer volume and unprecedented pace of news reports, proposed and implemented legislation and policy initiatives, enforcement activities and awareness efforts have made it exceptionally challenging to not only keep pace of the issue, but also to track and manage the breadth of action that continues to occur. [...] The intent of this report is to provide a current snapshot of progress in reducing distracted driving in Canada, and to inform the development of a national strategic plan to address this road safety priority. [...] The second step was to conduct key informant interviews with a smaller sample of respondents to the online scan to provide some context to help interpret the results of the scan, and the third step involved the analysis and synthesis of the results. [...] Although not all jurisdictions participated in the scan, and the types of agencies responding to the scan varied across jurisdictions, collectively these results are informative to provide a national picture of practice in relation to distracted driving and to highlight progress to date.