With nearly 33,000 crashes and 90 fatalities on Ohio roads last December, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is expanding its social media outreach to help promote safe driving this holiday season by asking Ohio motorists, “How do you drive safe?”

Each day through Dec. 31, ODOT will post a safe driving tip on its new district Facebook and Twitter pages. Twitter followers and Facebook fans of ODOT are encouraged to post or tweet their own safe driving tip, as the winner of the best safety message will get their message produced into a safety video PSA. Twitter users may add the hashtag  #HowDoUDriveSafe when tweeting a safe driving tip.

ODOT wants to ask people “How do you drive safe?” and get them to think about the unsafe things they and others do while driving – such as texting, putting on makeup, speeding or not using a blinker – then post a safety slogan or safety message to get others to stop bad driving habits.

Building upon its already successful major metro area Twitter sites (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton/Springfield, Akron/Canton and Toledo) which have more than 17,000 followers combined, ODOT has now expanded both its Facebook and Twitter sites to all 12 regional ODOT districts. 

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