Distracted driving is extremely dangerous. Now Ray Lohood and his team at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have released their Blueprint for Ending Distracted Driving.

The blueprint calls for:

Getting the last 11 holdout states to pass laws banning distracted driving.
Challenge the auto industry to not provide vehicle content that the government considers distracting.
Educate young people about the perils of distracted driving.
Continue a public education campaign that "Provides all stakeholders with actions they can take that go beyond personal responsibility to helping end distracted driving nationwide."

Of course, while the handout doesn't entirely relate to us since we're not in the States, it does give us an idea on how we can encourage lawmakers to make the roads safer and by adopting some of the points that they've put out. Distracted driving kills.