The average time spent reading or typing a text message is 4.6 seconds, and just 3 seconds of texting while driving at 65 mph is the equivalent of driving 100 yards, or the length of a football field, blindfolded. This is just one of the shocking statistics that you will learn about at the statewide kickoff for April’s National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), California Highway Patrol (CHP), and more than 250 law enforcement agencies across the state will join forces in a month-long public awareness and enforcement campaign aimed at preventing distracted driving deaths and injuries on California roadways.