Houston metro-area deemed most distracted behind the wheel by analytics app — panel calls for handheld ban in Texas
Tougher laws, technology needed to fight distracted driving epidemic, NTSB panel agrees
— Houston Chronicle, April 11, 2019
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Post-crash visits to emergency rooms in US states with texting bans for drivers: Analysis
Bans on texting while driving tied to drop in ER visits for crash injuries
— Reuters, April 3, 2019
US pedestrian road deaths on ‘alarming rise’ — 2018 estimate near 1990’s total: Report
Pedestrian Deaths in U.S. Approach Highest Number in Nearly 30 Years, Study Shows
— The New York Times, March 7, 2019
Tennessee, Delaware, Wyoming, Texas, and Montana made for over 30 percent of road deaths due to phone-specific distracted driving (2015-16): Research
Pay attention to the road! Tennessee tops cellphone distracted driving deaths list
— The Tennessean, March 6, 2019
Recreational marijuana and road safety: need to measure/enforce impairment at odds with scientific evidence for establishing threshold
Experts say legal weed calls for a ‘paradigm shift’ on how we think about impairment — and drugged driving
— Hartford Courant, February 15, 2019
Safety claims of automated steering discredited — independent data review shows U.S. agency’s flawed methodology inflated improvement
In 2017, the feds said Tesla Autopilot cut crashes 40% — that was bogus
— ArsTechnica, February 13, 2019
Thirteen pedestrians struck and killed each day in US over decade through 2017 — nearly 50,000: Report
Florida Is The Most Dangerous State For Pedestrians In The U.S., Report Finds
— “Here & Now,” WBUR and NPR, January 31, 2019
e-Scooters landing more injured riders in Los Angeles ERs: Survey
Electric scooters send more people to the hospital than bicycles and walking, new study finds
— The Washington Post, January 25, 2019