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Campaigns, PSAs, and Corporate Messaging

Part of rising rates, top brass at insurer say distracting technology needs to be addressed individually — educate friends and family

Hartford’s Execs Make Plea to End ‘Real Issue, Real Pain’ of Distracted Driving
— Insurance Journal, December 16, 2016

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on December 22, 2016 December 21, 2016 Format LinkCategories Campaigns

How drinking and driving became socially unacceptable; how it relates to texting and driving, today: Interview

Distracted Is the New Drunk
— “Note to Self,” WNYC, December 7, 2016

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on December 9, 2016 October 4, 2017 Format AudioCategories CampaignsTags Behavior, Campaign, Center for Health Communication, Interview, Jay Winsten, Mass Media, Prevention, Research, Situational Awareness, Technology, U.S.

Dancing the ‘Wookiee’ is making the pledge for distracted driving awareness: Campaign

Don’t text, just dance: Upbeat campaign prompts serious conversations about distracted driving
— Deseret News, December 7, 2016

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on December 9, 2016 December 12, 2016 Format LinkCategories CampaignsTags Campaign, Distracted Driver, Distracted Driving, P.S.A., Prevention, Social Media, U.S., Video

Distracted driving enforcement gets creative in Ontario because phones disappear when a cruiser is near

To catch a texter: How Toronto-area police officers are using public transit to catch distracted drivers
— National Post, November 28, 2016

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on December 2, 2016 February 17, 2017 Format LinkCategories CampaignsTags Canada, Distracted Driver, Distracted Driving, Enforcement, Ontario, Penalties, Policy, Prevention, Safety, Texting While Driving

Minnesota turns to humor to drive home road safety messaging

MnDOT tries lighter tone with safety messages
— Star Tribune, November 20, 2016

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on November 25, 2016 November 29, 2016 Format LinkCategories CampaignsTags Behavior, Distracted Driving, Minnesota, Prevention, Research, Road Deaths, Safety, Traffic, U.S.

Western Pennsylvania’s collaborative “Look Alive” campaign used dark humor creepiness their point about distraction

Initiative aims to keep drivers, pedestrians focused on roads, not phones
— Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October 11, 2016

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on October 14, 2016 December 2, 2016 Format LinkCategories CampaignsTags Campaign, Distracted Driver, Distracted Driving, Distracted Walking, Geo-Fencing, Pedestrians, Pennsylvania, Safety, Texting While Driving, U.S.

Boston rewards safe driving, app-based ‘best driver’ competition aims to curb distracted driving

With new app, city tries to find ‘Boston’s Safest Driver’
— The Boston Globe, October 4, 2016

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on October 7, 2016 December 2, 2016 Format LinkCategories CampaignsTags App, Boston, Campaign, Incentives-based, Prevention, Safety, Technology, U.S.

Watch out for ‘the other guy,’ distracted driver campaign to promote defensive driving

Police losing battle to get drivers to put down their phones
— Associated Press, September 2, 2016

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on September 30, 2016 March 22, 2019 Format LinkCategories CampaignsTags Behavior, Campaign, Center for Health Communication, Distracted Driver, Distracted Driving, Enforcement, Penalties, Policy, Prevention, Road Deaths, Safety, Texting While Driving, U.S.

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Recent Posts

  • With ‘increased focus on enforcement’ of handheld ban as drivers return to the road, distracted driving-related citations are up month over month so far this year in Massachusetts

    Mass. distracted driving citations spike dramatically
    — The Boston Globe, May 25, 2021

  • By the numbers: Year one of handheld ban in Massachusetts — pandemic priorities strain policing new policy

    Distracted driving: Local cops say pandemic ‘masked over’ new hands-free law
    — The Patriot Ledger, February 16, 2021

  • Handheld ban on driver’s use of devices go live in Idaho and Indiana

    Idaho:
    Hands-free only: Idaho’s new law on cellphone use while driving takes effect July 1
    — Idaho Statesman, June 29, 2020

    Indiana:
    Put down the phone: Indiana law banning hand-held devices while driving goes into effect today
    — South Bend Tribune, July 1, 2020

  • Early estimate of 2019 traffic data show reduction in US road deaths for third consecutive year

    U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for third straight year
    — Reuters, May 5, 2020

  • Educational grace period ends in Massachusetts, distracted drivers violating handheld ban can be ticketed and fined

    Police to start issuing fines for violating Massachusetts hands-free driving law
    — Boston Herald, April 1, 2020

  • Annual US-wide distracted driving-related awareness/prevention campaigns may be postponed due to another public health crisis, but enforcement not canceled

    Campaign canceled, but no time off for distracted driving enforcement
    — Star Tribune, March 29, 2020

  • Researchers bring tech’s tagging to Minnesota highways — approaching drivers alerted to road construction in precise, real-time

    Minnesota trialling Bluetooth ‘tags’ to warn drivers about highway workzones
    — Traffic Technology Today, March 19, 2020

  • Indiana Gov. Holcomb signs handheld ban into law — enforcement begins in July

    New Indiana law imposes $500 fine for holding phone while driving
    — The Times of Northwest Indiana, March 19, 2020

  • Tally from the first week of enforcing handheld ban in Massachusetts

    Hands-free law in Massachusetts: State police issued 578 warnings to drivers violating law in first week
    — The Republican, March 3, 2020

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