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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It can be easy to be distracted behind the wheel, with cell phones and GPS systems. But being distracted can be deadly.

Nearly one-fourth of all traffic fatalities in the metro area, and on Tuesday the Mid-America Regional Council teamed up with the Destination Safe Coalition to show the personal, legal and health impacts of being distracted behind the wheel.

FOX 4’s Matt Stewart is Working for You with the report.