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Developing better tools to track crashes, USDOT checking whether, quicker, crowdsourced data from driving apps may prove reliable forecaster

Federal researchers are using data from Waze and Maryland to try to predict road dangers
— The Washington Post, July 10, 2018

‘Undistracted Driving’ — Canadian insurer experiments with campaign for National Road Safety Week

…but will it prevent distraction? Google presents tools to promote well-being, cut down use/time on mobile devices: Commentary

Even Google won’t make us put down our phones
— The Boston Globe, May 8, 2018

SemiAutonomous car owner in England loses license for two-years for ‘grossly irresponsible’ stunt of hopping into passenger seat while in moving traffic

He Drove a Tesla on Autopilot From the Passenger Seat. The Court Was Not Amused.
— The New York Times, April 29, 2018

Addiction or affliction? Caught in the ‘net of pervasive personal technology

Hooked on Hardware? Tech Giants Face Tough Questions Over Device Addiction
— Variety, March 13, 2018

Concerns of tech’s effect on children does not provide smoking gun, better model for campaign are road safety initiatives: Op/Ed

Your Kid’s Phone Is Not Like a Cigarette
— The New York Times, March 3, 2018

Live-streaming, drunken, joyriding teen sentenced in California for crash that killed her sister

Teen who live-streamed fatal DUI crash sentenced; more details emerge
— Merced Sun-Star, February 8, 2018

Concerned investors push Apple to study health effects of their ‘addictive’ products

Tech Backlash Grows as Investors Press Apple to Act on Children’s Use
— The New York Times, January 8, 2018