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Tag: Speed Limit

Arizona’s transportation safety contest will set the message to motorists

Voting begins in ADOT’s Safety Message Contest
— Arizona Daily Sun, March 1, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on March 3, 2017 March 3, 2017 Format LinkCategories CampaignsTags Arizona, Behavior, Commentary, Distracted Driving, Prevention, Safety, Seat Belt, Speed Limit, Texting While Driving, Traffic

Speed kills — US cities look to slow down recent rise in road deaths

As traffic deaths soar, cities pursue lower speed limits to eliminate fatalities
— The Washington Post, February 25, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on March 3, 2017 March 2, 2017 Format LinkCategories General TrendsTags Bicyclists, Campaign, Crashes, Pedestrians, Policy, Prevention, Road Deaths, Speed Limit, Traffic, U.S., Vision Zero

NYPD set records, speed cameras boost enforcement priorities of Vision Zero plan

Cameras nabbed 1.4 million speedy drivers in school zones
— New York Post, February 19, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on February 24, 2017 February 23, 2017 Format LinkCategories General TrendsTags Enforcement, New York City, Penalties, Policy, Safety, Speed Limit, Technology, Traffic, Vision Zero

Fatalities on U.S. public roads, highways and private land estimated at over 40,000: National Safety Council

U.S. Traffic Deaths Rise for a Second Straight Year
— The New York Times, February 15, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on February 17, 2017 February 16, 2017 Format LinkCategories General TrendsTags Crashes, Enforcement, Policy, Prevention, Research, Road Deaths, Safety, Seat Belt, Speed Limit, Traffic, U.S.

Applying Vision Zero policy in American cities

The Swedish-Inspired Way American Cities Are Trying to End Pedestrian Deaths
— Governing, February 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on February 3, 2017 February 2, 2017 Format LinkCategories General TrendsTags Behavior, Bicyclists, Campaign, Crashes, Enforcement, New York City, Pedestrians, Policy, Prevention, Road Deaths, San Antonio, Speed Limit, Sweden, Traffic, U.S., Vision Zero

New York Mayor de Blasio invests $400 million into Vision Zero traffic safety plan

NYC ups spending to $1.6B for effort to curb traffic deaths
— Daily News, January 25, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on January 27, 2017 January 27, 2017 Format LinkCategories General TrendsTags Bicyclists, Campaign, Crashes, Distracted Driving, Enforcement, New York City, Pedestrians, Policy, Prevention, Road Deaths, Safety, Speed Limit, Traffic, Vision Zero

Georgia judge cites Communications Decency Act: Immunity for Snapchat in crash where driver used ‘speed filter’

Judge rules Snapchat immune from distracted driver claim
— Associated Press, January 23, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on January 27, 2017 January 26, 2017 Format LinkCategories High Impact StoriesTags App, Behavior, Crashes, Distracted Driving, Georgia, Liability, Policy, Snapchat, Social Media, Speed Limit, Technology

Beliefs vs. behavior: familiar disconnect seen in Edmonton’s traffic safety driver survey

Edmonton drivers know better but take risks anyway, traffic study finds
— CBC News, January 17, 2017

Author Dr Jay Andrew Winsten Posted on January 20, 2017 January 20, 2017 Format LinkCategories ResearchTags Behavior, Canada, Distracted Driving, Edmonton, Policy, Research, Safety, Speed Limit, Study, Survey, Texting While Driving, Traffic

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  • With ‘increased focus on enforcement’ of handheld ban as drivers return to the road, distracted driving-related citations are up month over month so far this year in Massachusetts

    Mass. distracted driving citations spike dramatically
    — The Boston Globe, May 25, 2021

  • By the numbers: Year one of handheld ban in Massachusetts — pandemic priorities strain policing new policy

    Distracted driving: Local cops say pandemic ‘masked over’ new hands-free law
    — The Patriot Ledger, February 16, 2021

  • Handheld ban on driver’s use of devices go live in Idaho and Indiana

    Idaho:
    Hands-free only: Idaho’s new law on cellphone use while driving takes effect July 1
    — Idaho Statesman, June 29, 2020

    Indiana:
    Put down the phone: Indiana law banning hand-held devices while driving goes into effect today
    — South Bend Tribune, July 1, 2020

  • Early estimate of 2019 traffic data show reduction in US road deaths for third consecutive year

    U.S. traffic deaths fell in 2019 for third straight year
    — Reuters, May 5, 2020

  • Educational grace period ends in Massachusetts, distracted drivers violating handheld ban can be ticketed and fined

    Police to start issuing fines for violating Massachusetts hands-free driving law
    — Boston Herald, April 1, 2020

  • Annual US-wide distracted driving-related awareness/prevention campaigns may be postponed due to another public health crisis, but enforcement not canceled

    Campaign canceled, but no time off for distracted driving enforcement
    — Star Tribune, March 29, 2020

  • Researchers bring tech’s tagging to Minnesota highways — approaching drivers alerted to road construction in precise, real-time

    Minnesota trialling Bluetooth ‘tags’ to warn drivers about highway workzones
    — Traffic Technology Today, March 19, 2020

  • Indiana Gov. Holcomb signs handheld ban into law — enforcement begins in July

    New Indiana law imposes $500 fine for holding phone while driving
    — The Times of Northwest Indiana, March 19, 2020

  • Tally from the first week of enforcing handheld ban in Massachusetts

    Hands-free law in Massachusetts: State police issued 578 warnings to drivers violating law in first week
    — The Republican, March 3, 2020

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