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POLICY ON SEAT BELT USE <br />In accordance with Executive Order 13043, Increasing Seat Belt Use in the United States,dated April 16, 1997, the <br />Grantee is encouraged to adopt and enforce on-the-job seat belt use policies and programs for its employees when <br />operating company-owned, rented, or personally-owned vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration <br />NHTSA) is responsible for providing leadership and guidance in support of this Presidential initiative. For information <br />and resources on traffic safety programs and policies for employers, please contact the Network of Employers for <br />Traffic Safety(NETS), a public-private partnership dedicated to improving the traffic safety practices of employers and <br />employees. You can download information on seat belt programs, costs of motor vehicle crashes to employers, and <br />other traffic safety initiatives at www.trafficsafety.org. The NHTSA website(www.nhtsa.gov) also provides information <br />on statistics, campaigns, and program evaluations and references. <br />POLICY ON BANNING TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING <br />In accordance with Executive Order 13513, Federal Leadership On Reducing Text Messaging While Driving, and DOT <br />Order 3902.10,Text Messaging While Driving, States are encouraged to adopt and enforce workplace safety policies <br />to decrease crashes caused by distracted driving, including policies to ban text messaging while driving company- <br />owned or rented vehicles, Government-owned, leased or rented vehicles, or privately-owned vehicles when on official <br />Government business or when performing any work on or behalf of the Government. States are also encouraged to <br />conduct workplace safety initiatives in a manner commensurate with the size of the business, such as establishment of <br />new rules and programs or re-evaluation of existing programs to prohibit text messaging while driving, and education, <br />awareness, and other outreach to employees about the safety risks associated with texting while driving. <br />10/2/2024 9:54:57 AM Page 19 of 22