Distracted Driving Project

Tag: Crashes

US insurer ‘urging the National Council of Insurance Legislators to draft model legislation that other states can’ utilize toward implementation of handheld bans in all states: Op/Ed

Column: ‘Hands-free’ laws would make roads safer
— The Columbus Dispatch, February 11, 2020

Sharing the road (deaths): Though total fatalities on US roadways about the same, the share of those that are pedestrians or bicyclists has steadily grown

Toll Continues to Mount for Pedestrians and Bicyclists, the Victims in One in Five Traffic Deaths
— FairWarning, February 5, 2020

Distracted driving must be treated ‘with the same kind of criminality and public condemnation as impaired driving:’ Op/Ed

It’s time we started treating distracted driving like impaired driving
— Toronto Star, February 5, 2020

Boise is latest municipality in Idaho to quit waiting for state-level action — ordinance for handheld ban unanimously approved

Boise will require mobile devices be used in hands free mode while driving starting July 1
— The Idaho Press-Tribune, February 4, 2020

Focus of improvements in annual report card on US states’ road safety policies: Occupant safety and children; young drivers and licensing; and preventing impaired and distracted drivers

Report Card for the States Rates Those with Best and Worst Laws to Cut Traffic Deaths
— FairWarning, January 29, 2020

Kansas City furthers push for hands-free ordinance as Missouri’s state-level leadership has failed to act: Op/Ed

Missouri legislature is AWOL. So, it’s up to KC Council to ban texting and driving
— Kansas City Star, January 27, 2020