Distracted Driving Project

Tag: Crashes

‘We urge lawmakers to rework the legislation and bring it closer to [Rep. Rosemary] Brown’s original vision’ — Pennsylvania’s distracted driving bill is watered-down to clear House: Op/Ed

Editorial: State needs stronger law on cellphone use
— Delaware County Daily Times, January 26, 2020

NSW officials are zeroed in on how Oslo has advanced efforts to achieve road safety goals as they prevent deaths and injuries

Oslo cut road deaths to one in 2019. Can Sydney do the same?
— The Sydney Morning Herald, January 13, 2020

Despite NTSB’s safety concerns, Fed’s position stays in backseat, sticks with ‘private sector leadership’ as plan for regulating US driverless tech-development

New US plan keeps autonomous vehicle standards voluntary
— Associated Press, January 8, 2020

Distraction was biggest killer (again) on New Jersey roads in 2018 — driver’s cellphone-use caused the most crashes

Making a call, texting, and drinking coffee killed the most drivers last year in N.J.
— N.J.com, December 28, 2019

New Jersey jury finds driver guilty in crash that killed pedestrian — trial is first application of vehicular manslaughter-charges for distracted driving

She Texted About Dinner While Driving. Then a Pedestrian Was Dead.
— The New York Times, November 22, 2019

Racial profiling concerns attached to handheld ban clear Massachusetts statehouse — bill now awaits Gov. Baker’s signature

Senate sends bill banning handheld cell phone use while driving to Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk
— The Republican, November 20, 2019

What’s been done in Canada to curb distracted driving …and what’s still needed?

Distracted driving is as dangerous a crisis today as impaired driving was decades ago. What are Canadians doing about it?
— The Globe and Mail, November 9, 2019