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
Tag: Research
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
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
With Australia’s longitudinal study-cohort reaching driving-age, risky road habits revealed in latest survey
‘No risk is acceptable when you are behind the wheel’
— 9News, December 10, 2019
Costly conviction — study shows how much Canadian distracted drivers can expect their insurance premium to increase to with distracted driving on their driving record
Toronto
Expect to pay higher insurance premiums for distracted driving
— Toronto Sun, December 8, 2019
Calgary
In Alberta, a single distracted driving conviction could cost you hundreds each year
— Edmonton Journal, December 6, 2019
App’s data shows hands-free ‘laws are having an effect but they aren’t in enough states to affect the overall levels dramatically’: Research
Drivers Refuse to Put Down Their Phones. People Keep Dying.
— Bloomberg, December 5, 2019
So far, 2019 distracted driving-related crashes have killed more on Ontario’s roads than impaired driving
Smartphones, other distractions can be more deadly than impaired driving, data suggests
— CBC News, October 29, 2019