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Tag: California

Drowsy driving prevention campaign coincides with end of Daylight Savings Time

CHP warns of drowsy driving with end of Daylight Savings Time
— Bay Area News Group, November 3, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on November 9, 2017 November 9, 2017 Format LinkCategories General TrendsTags Behavior, Bicyclists, California, Campaign, Crashes, Drowsy Driving, Pedestrians, Prevention, Safety

Driverless R&D: First ‘safety self-assessment’ report delivered to Feds

Waymo gives federal officials a detailed safety report on self-driving vehicles
— The Washington Post, October 12, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on October 20, 2017 November 1, 2017 Format LinkCategories Autonomous Vehicles / Driverless CarsTags Autonomous Vehicles, Behavior, California, Driverless Cars, Infrastructure, NHTSA, Policy, Research, Safety, Technology, U.S.

Private property proving grounds: Self-driving cars R&D in gated, government-free, geriatric community

Where Driverless Cars Brake for Golf Carts
— The New York Times, October 4, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on October 6, 2017 October 5, 2017 Format LinkCategories Autonomous Vehicles / Driverless CarsTags Autonomous Vehicles, California, Driverless Cars, Enforcement, Infrastructure, Insurance, Liability, Technology, U.S.

Legal weed, impaired driving, and road safety — Colorado and Washington offer experience to other US States

Does Legal Marijuana Mean More Impaired Drivers?
— Times of San Diego, August 5, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on August 11, 2017 August 11, 2017 Format LinkCategories General TrendsTags Behavior, California, Colorado, Commentary, Crashes, Drug Driving, Drunk Driving, Enforcement, Impaired Driving, Marijuana, Policy, Safety, U.S., Washington

Sacramento accepts liability for distracted driving police officer’s role in fatal crash

Sacramento will pay $9.75 million to parents of baby killed when police officer crashed into their car
— The Sacramento Bee, July 18, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on July 21, 2017 July 20, 2017 Format LinkCategories High Impact StoriesTags Behavior, California, Crashes, Distracted Driver, Distracted Driving, Liability, Traffic

California begins phase-out of low-tech, high maintenance road safety-element

Botts’ Dots, after a half-century, will disappear from freeways, highways
— The Orange County Register, May 19, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on May 26, 2017 May 25, 2017 Format LinkCategories General TrendsTags Autonomous Vehicles, Behavior, California, Driverless Cars, Drowsy Driving, Infrastructure, Policy, Prevention, Safety, Technology, Traffic

No easy answers for first year of Vision Zero in Los Angeles

The number of pedestrians, cyclists and drivers killed in L.A. traffic rose sharply in 2016
— Los Angeles Times, April 3, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on April 7, 2017 April 7, 2017 Format LinkCategories General TrendsTags Bicyclists, California, Campaign, Crashes, Distracted Driving, Enforcement, Los Angeles, Pedestrians, Penalties, Policy, Research, Road Deaths, Safety, Speed Limit, Traffic, Vision Zero

California Highway Patrol provide details of updated handheld ban: Q&A

On Duty with the CHP: Hands off that cellphone
— The Fresno Bee, February 5, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on February 10, 2017 February 7, 2017 Format LinkCategories PolicyTags Behavior, California, Distracted Driving, Enforcement, Handheld Ban, Policy, Safety, Technology, Traffic

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  • 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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