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Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, and Oregon were the four states to receive a federal grant dedicated to stopping distracted driving. The initiative — “UDrive. UText. UPay” — comes during Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

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‘Hands-free is not risk-free’ — NTSB calls on California to lead way; be first in US with universal ban for drivers

Out of the car, Siri. California urged to ban even hands-free cellphone use for drivers
— The Sacramento Bee, April 3, 2019

Category: Campaigns

For these advocates, developing curriculum to prevent distracted driving is elementary — kids ‘love calling out their parents when we don’t follow the rules’

‘Making children and teens the catalysts for change’ in families — parent-child dynamics at heart of separate distracted driving awareness campaigns’ ads

PSA poses if/then-question: If you would never drive drunk, then why would you drive ‘intexticated?’

Until promise of driverless future is realized, family will scold driver for touching handheld device: Ad

Clever ad’s ‘Smartdogs’ can’t save you from distracted driving, but setting to Do Not Disturb when driving can

Distracted driving PSA shifts focus ‘to get people to think about their own actions’ — awareness campaign coupled with enforcement funding, in Massachusetts

US states hit the road for 2019 National Distracted Driving Awareness Month: Roundup

‘Hands-free is not risk-free’ — NTSB calls on California to lead way; be first in US with universal ban for drivers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tally from the first week of enforcing handheld ban in Massachusetts