Technology is double-edged sword when it comes to what is giving rise to US auto insurance-rates
That Texting-While-Driving Ticket Can Also Lead to a Car Insurance Penalty
— The New York Times, June 28, 2019
Category: General Trends
General Trends:
Statistics/Reports; Traffic; Crashes, Pedestrians, Cyclists, Vision Zero
Safety complacency on USA roadways — report asks: ‘Why do we tolerate this many highway fatalities?’
Can We Save More Lives on America’s Roads?
— Consumer Reports, May 2019
Whether to chop pineapple or wash grapes — the good decision to not drive high: Ad
To ‘improve safety without limiting freedom’ — preserving the human pursuit of driving: Commentary
The Fight for the Right to Drive
— The New Yorker, April 30, 2019
‘WarningSpot’ PSAs target drivers via music-streaming service as they approach Victoria’s top road danger-zones
AAMI uses geo-targeted Spotify ads to keep Victorian roads safe
— Marketing, March 14, 2019
US pedestrian road deaths on ‘alarming rise’ — 2018 estimate near 1990’s total: Report
Pedestrian Deaths in U.S. Approach Highest Number in Nearly 30 Years, Study Shows
— The New York Times, March 7, 2019
Recreational marijuana and road safety: need to measure/enforce impairment at odds with scientific evidence for establishing threshold
Experts say legal weed calls for a ‘paradigm shift’ on how we think about impairment — and drugged driving
— Hartford Courant, February 15, 2019
UN regulation sets strict safety standards for new vehicles — low speed automatic braking, required
40 countries agree cars must have automatic braking
— Associated Press, February 12, 2019