App utilizes ‘carrot-not-the-stick approach’ to curb drivers’ phone use; prevent distracted driving
Would a Free Milkshake Get You to Ignore Your Phone While Driving?
— The New York Times, February 27, 2020
Tag: Young Drivers
Canadians rank distracted driving as biggest threat when it comes to road deaths, especially mobile-use: Research
40% of Canadians say distracted driving No. 1 threat of car deaths: survey
— Toronto Sun, February 26, 2020
Georgia House committee neuters HB 113’s proposed changes to bolster distracted driving law and fines-structure for violations of handheld ban
Panel revises Georgia distracted driving bill to reduce proposed fines
— The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 24, 2020
UK road safety collaboration delivers ‘Honest Truth’ with batty billboard
Warwickshire road safety campaign launched in Leamington to warn people of the dangers of using mobile phones while driving
— Kenilworth Weekly Times, January 31, 2020
Focus of improvements in annual report card on US states’ road safety policies: Occupant safety and children; young drivers and licensing; and preventing impaired and distracted drivers
Report Card for the States Rates Those with Best and Worst Laws to Cut Traffic Deaths
— FairWarning, January 29, 2020
Kansas City furthers push for hands-free ordinance as Missouri’s state-level leadership has failed to act: Op/Ed
Missouri legislature is AWOL. So, it’s up to KC Council to ban texting and driving
— Kansas City Star, January 27, 2020
‘We urge lawmakers to rework the legislation and bring it closer to [Rep. Rosemary] Brown’s original vision’ — Pennsylvania’s distracted driving bill is watered-down to clear House: Op/Ed
Editorial: State needs stronger law on cellphone use
— Delaware County Daily Times, January 26, 2020
With Australia’s longitudinal study-cohort reaching driving-age, risky road habits revealed in latest survey
‘No risk is acceptable when you are behind the wheel’
— 9News, December 10, 2019