With so many young people — many of whom are just beginning to drive — looking to these online personalities for inspiration, people who engage in this risky form of content creation may be setting a dangerous example for their impressionable fans. (Credit: Mike Focus/Shutterstock.com) With so many young people — many of whom are just beginning to drive — looking to these online personalities for inspiration, people who engage in this risky form of content creation may be setting a dangerous example for their impressionable fans. (Credit: Mike Focus/Shutterstock.com)

If texting and driving wasn't enough of a hazard, now insurers have to worry about their customers recording themselves while they're behind the wheel. This vlogging-on-the-go trend, which has been popularized by TikTokers, influencers and social media conspiracy theorists alike, often consists of the vlogger addressing their followers via a camera mounted in their vehicle. Ahead of April, which is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, Erie Insurance has partnered with a distracted driving expert to raise awareness about this dangerous trend.

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