Distracted Driving Project

Tag: Traffic

Distraction was biggest killer (again) on New Jersey roads in 2018 — driver’s cellphone-use caused the most crashes

Making a call, texting, and drinking coffee killed the most drivers last year in N.J.
— N.J.com, December 28, 2019

Over first week of use, mobile phone-detecting cameras in NSW nab 3300 drivers for violating handheld ban

New NSW mobile detection cameras catch thousands in first week
— The Sydney Morning Herald, December 17, 2019

App’s data shows hands-free ‘laws are having an effect but they aren’t in enough states to affect the overall levels dramatically’: Research

Drivers Refuse to Put Down Their Phones. People Keep Dying.
— Bloomberg, December 5, 2019

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

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

Transport NSW OKs deployment of camera ‘technology to catch those using a mobile phone behind the wheel of a car’

NSW Transport uses AI to detect illegal phone use
— Government News, September 23, 2019