Australia’s Transport Minister has ‘no doubt’ mobile phones partly to blame for 7 per cent road deaths increase
Mobile phones behind rising road fatalities, says minister
— Australian Financial Review, January 15, 2017
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New York City must fund road safety redesigns, need sustained, focused traffic enforcement to cut deaths, say advocacy groups: Op/Ed
NYC needs funding for street redesign, an NYPD crackdown on traffic violations to prevent pedestrian deaths
— Daily News, January 14, 2017
U.S. road travel trends cannot answer to surge in road deaths, 2016 data suggest 5 per cent gap
Surge in traffic deaths outpaces increase in travel
— Associated Press, January 13, 2017
Pedestrian fatalities and injuries in every U.S. metro area: 9 of 11 most dangerous in Florida
Cape Coral, Fort Myers area most dangerous in U.S. for pedestrians
— News-Press, January 10, 2017
Despite decrease, distracted driving leading cause of fatal New Jersey crashes
What caused the most fatal crashes in 2015 in N.J.?
— NJ.com, January 8, 2017
Hands on the wheel and eyes on the road, but with head in the cloud — voice command apps still present distraction
Amazon’s Alexa to hit the road: a safer or more dangerous driving experience?
— The Christian Science Monitor, January 5, 2017
Crosswalk-talk — eye-contact, a wave or a nod too nuanced for autonomous vehicles?
Reading The Road: How Will Driverless Cars Talk To Pedestrians?
— Forbes, January 4, 2017
Test driving telematics in certain cities, Uber sees safer, happier customers
Uber says monitoring drivers improves safety, but drivers have mixed views
— Chicago Tribune, December 19, 2016