We Must Change How We Talk about Pedestrian Deaths
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The death of three more pedestrians offers yet another example of what can go wrong when drivers do not exercise due care — and why so few drivers learn the lesson.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Distracted Driving
Traffic Safety Report Finds More Drivers Using Cellphones
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Despite laws against using a hand-held phone or similar device, a new report shows that people are not putting down their phones.
Oregon DOT Challenges Drivers to Avoid Using Their Phones Behind the Wheel
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The state is promoting an app that turns the act of driving without distraction into a competition.
We Have the Tech to Stop Distracted Driving. But Do We Have the Will?
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What is stopping us from implementing solutions to prevent distracted driving? We have the technology. The problem is, the smartphone industry doesn't want to use it.
The Human Toll of Normalizing Distracted Driving
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Nowhere is the culture of permissiveness more apparent, or deadly, than in Texas, where about 3,500 people lose their lives in traffic every year. It is one of just four states that doesn't ban texting and driving.
Study: Drivers With Smart Phones Use Them Almost Every Time They Drive
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Motorists with smart phones use their devices in 88 out of every 100 trips, according to data collected by Zendrive, a company that assesses driving behavior using the sensors in smart phones. Extrapolating to the entire population, Zendrive estimates there are about 600 million trips involving distracted driving in the U.S. each day.