Articles

• Commercial Truck Fleets Developing Distracted Driving Policies

  Digital Journal, May 18, 2012

  “With the increased risk of liability, trucking companies and any business that uses motor vehicles for their business need to examine procedures and make sure they comply with FMCSA regulations.”

• New Studies Show Distracted Driving on Increase

  MarketWatch, May 10, 2012

  “The overall rate was 10.8 percent of drivers on the road using cell phones at any given daylight time, up from 7.3 percent in 2011. Although observed cell phone use increases were seen across all age groups, 16 to 25 year olds showed a dramatic rise, doubling from 9 percent to 18 percent.”

• Distracted Driving Puts Young Drivers at Risk

  MSN Auto, May 9, 2012

  “Almost half of the respondents said they had talked on a handheld phone while driving in the previous 30 days. Close to 30 percent said they had texted in that time. And some had operated smart-phone apps (8 percent) or used e-mail or social media (7 percent) while behind the wheel.”

• Survey: One Third of Young Drivers Admit to Texting

  Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2012

  “Most young drivers from 16 to 21 years old say texting while driving is dangerous. Still, 29% admitted to doing so during the past month in a survey by Consumer Reports magazine.”

• U.S. DOT launches contest to curb distracted driving among teens

  FenderBender, May 2, 2012

  “U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently launched a new contest for students to design a social networking icon to help encourage young drivers to speak up when riding with a distracted driver. ”

• Cellphones, Texting Put Teen Drivers in Danger, Studies Show

  MSN Health, April 29, 2012

  “A pair of new studies offers insight into young people who use cellphones while driving: One finds that there's no safe position for texting at the wheel, while the other suggests that the most compulsive cellphone users have had more car accidents.”

• "No Accidents? No Tickets? No Problem!" Nationwide Survey Finds Teens In Denial About Safety On The Road

  MarketWatch, April 24, 2012

  “While America's young drivers are aware of what distracted driving is, they still engage in those behaviors because they believe they are not truly at risk, according to a new nationwide survey commissioned by Bridgestone Americas, Inc.”

• Put the Phone Down: April Is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

  Mashable, April 13, 2012

  “Even the most LOL-worthy text message is not worth risking your life to read while driving. That’s the message of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, or as you may know it, April.”

• Telematics and the value of data

  Telematics Update, April 4, 2012

  “The list of telematics solutions for transportation keeps expanding. When passenger cars, fleets, roadways, toll booths, smart electric grids, etc. etc. begin to talk to each other via vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) communications, the amount of data generated will be exponentially greater than it is today.”

• April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

  US Department of Transportation , April 3, 2012

  “April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and from Virginia to California, the traffic safety community has a simple message for drivers: One Text or Call could Wreck it All.”

• Business Owners Beware: Distracted Driving Can Cost You, Too

  Forbes, March 31, 2012

  “In case saving lives isn’t reason enough, the National Safety Council says businesses can be held liable for “large damage awards” for employees engaged in cell phone use while driving.”

• Distracted Driving Kills; Teenage Girls Are Especially At Risk, AAA Says

  Forbes, March 28, 2012

  “Besides the thousands of documented deaths, there must be untold thousands more injuries every year.... The situation is only likely to get worse. It’s easier and easier to connect your car to the Internet, using its own installed equipment, your portable devices or a combination of the two.”

• Teen Girl Drivers Likelier to Use Electronic Devices: Study

  U.S.News & World Report, March 26, 2012

  “Teen girls are twice as likely as boys to use cellphones and other electronic devices while driving, according to researchers who analyzed in-car video clips of American teen drivers' behavior.”

• Distracted-Driving Disingenuousness: 4 Inconvenient Truths

  Forbes, March 19, 2012

  “When it comes to distracted driving, automakers seem to be on a collision course with their own product development and marketing. ”

• Distracted driving is the leading cause of road deaths

  CBC News, March 1, 2012

  “Distracted and inattentive driving causes more road deaths than drinking and driving and speed combined...”

• Distracted Driving is the New DUI

  Technorati, February 27, 2012

  “The progress against drunk driving opens up a new opportunity to advance the cause of road safety, by addressing the risks of distracted driving.”

• Distracted Driving the New Norm with Integrated Apps, Texting, Tweeting

  NBC Bay Area, February 20, 2012

  “As officials beg us not to text, automakers are making cars with even more distractions.”

• Feds seek to disable distracted driving

  USA TODAY, February 17, 2012

  “The Transportation Department has ramped up its effort to prevent distracted driving by proposing its first-ever guidelines aimed at simplifying or disabling many communications and infotainment functions when the car is moving.”

• U.S. Calls for Ban on Facebook While Driving

  Bloomberg News, February 16, 2012

  “The U.S. Transportation Department asked automakers to design devices allowing drivers access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter so they can’t be used while a car is moving.”