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
Tag: Research
Privacy and police: Handheld ban in Massachusetts hung up by data demands layered into legislation
Police Traffic Stop Data Is Keeping Road Safety Bill From Passing
— WGBH News, September 27, 2019
Parents’ concerns for their teen as driver/passenger of other teens and tips to intervene: Research
What All Parents Should Consider Before Letting Teens Ride with Teens
— Michigan Health, September 16, 2019
Hands-free or not, phone calls pull attention away from driver’s brain — ‘you tend to create pictures in your head’ when no one else is in the car: Research
This is why using a hands-free phone while driving is also dangerous
— WalesOnline, August 13, 2019
Attention needed — UK Parliament transport committee’s report on ‘driving while using a mobile phone’ identifies key issues
Ban hands-free phones in cars after rise in road deaths, MPs suggest
— The Guardian, August 13, 2019
More of US population killed by Big Three of deadliest crash-factors — speed, impaired or distracted driving — (from 2000 to 2018) than died in both World Wars, combined
More Americans have died in car crashes since 2000 than in both World Wars
— The Washington Post, July 21, 2019
Slamming the brakes on expectations — go anywhere, fully autonomous vehicles are ‘way in the future’
Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Future’
— The New York Times, July 17, 2019
Researchers call foul on study that used public roads in Utah as laboratory to assess driver alertness and the use of SemiAutonomous technology in vehicles: Investigation
Asleep at the wheel: How a secret study on Utah’s roads could be putting drivers at risk
— Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Deseret News, July 11, 2019