Distracted Driving Project

Tag: Infrastructure

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

Grace period over for drivers in NSW caught by cameras — violators of handheld ban can expect five demerit points and at least a $344 fine

Drivers facing heavy fines if caught using a mobile phone by hidden cameras
— 9News, February 28, 2020

Impact of road trauma is development issue — 130 nations back the road safety-focused ‘Stockholm Declaration’

Push to cut speed limit to 30km/h in risky areas by 130 nations
— The Sydney Morning Herald, February 20, 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

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

Over first week of use, mobile phone-detecting cameras in NSW nab 3300 drivers for violating handheld ban

New NSW mobile detection cameras catch thousands in first week
— The Sydney Morning Herald, December 17, 2019

Pedestrian fatalities and the frustratingly complex turnabout of trends undoing road safety-gains across the globe; amidst promise of tech-fix: Essay

Collision course: why are cars killing more and more pedestrians?
— The Guardian, October 3, 2019