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The Missouri Department of Transportation encourages everyone to buckle up and put your phone down while driving.MoDOT Northwest District Engineer Jennifer Jarvis says the goal of the 'Buckle Up, Phone Down' campaign hopes to reduce the number of traffic crashes by encouraging drivers to not drive distracted."Distracted driving is considered the leading cause of crashes in Missouri, and in the United States currently, and a lot of that distracted driving is in regards to the cell phones," Jarvis tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "Before cell phones there was a lot less distraction, and a lot less ability to be distracted."Jarvis says distracted driving is one of the leading causes of traffic crashes, but it's also one of the least reported incidents on the roads."Distracted driving has claimed 3,142 lives at a minimum in 2019, but distracted driving is very much under reported," Jarvis says.Jarvis says people don't want to admit that a crash happened because they were distracted, so the number of crashes might be significantly higher. Jarvis says the department is part of the coalition of roadway safety, trying to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving."The coalition for roadway safety does a lot of teen talk about buckling up and putting your phone down, we also targeted a lot of high schools this year for the signage, so we do that," Jarvis explains. "And then we also promote it to individuals and businesses to create awareness."Since 2017, over 13- thousand people have accepted the challenge to buckle up and put their phones down while behind the wheel.You can find out more about the Buckle Up Phone Down campaign, and also accept the challenge HERE