Distracted Driving Project

Tag: Road Deaths

Review of NSW’s plan for roadside smart-camera tech to enforce handheld ban calls for amendments and warns ‘program runs the risk of overwhelming the local court regardless of whether or not a reverse onus is in place’

Cases challenging mobile phone detection cameras could clog NSW courts, MPs warn
— The Guardian, November 13, 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

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

‘In lieu of changes to phone design — that would prevent their use while driving — a new law is the best response we have’ to prevent road deaths and injuries: Op/Ed

I’m A Pediatric Trauma Surgeon. Please Stop Texting And Driving
— Cognoscenti, WBUR, October 9, 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

Telematics and $20,000 to safely navigate the hectic highways and frantic freeways of L.A.s car-centric culture with “big brother” watching

Here She Is, the Safest Driver in Los Angeles
— The New York Times, October 1, 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