All of us at one time or another has driven while distracted. When you drive distracted you are taking chances and are putting other people at risk. This video—taken by a passenger—shows a professional bus driver who makes his living driving other people and who is responsible for the lives and safety of his passengers.
Secretary of Transportation La Hood and NHTSA director Strickland joined forces to salute over 4,000 Volkswagen and Audi employees who pledged never to text while driving. The effort was in response to Secretary LaHood’s challenge to employers several months ago to promote safer non-distracted driving by their employees. It makes good business sense to promote
In this video published by the Abbotsford B.C Canada Police Department, a 64-year-old man was struck while walking across Hillcrest Avenue at Parkview Street. Despite being in a marked crosswalk during daylight hours and walking through an intersection with good sightlines, the man was still launched 50 feet when he was struck by a passenger car.
Everyone knows we’re not supposed to multitask while driving, but do you know why? Refraining from texting, changing the radio, or talking to other people in the car isn’t just cautionary advice from your parents and driver’s ed teachers. It turns out your brain literally can’t focus on too much at once.
VW Safety Video Gets Attention of Texting Teens with the message, “Mobile use is now the leading cause of death behind the wheel. A reminder to keep your eyes on the road.”
by Joel D. Feldman New York state was one of the earliest states to enact laws restricting motorists’ cell phone use. Using a hand held device while driving would result in a citation if the vehicle was pulled over for another reason. On July 14th New York took another major step to protect its residents, particularly
by Joel D. Feldman The Governor’s Highway Safety Association(GHSA) released its summary of distracted driving research after considering more than 350 scientific papers published between 2000-2011. The results for the most part were not surprising, confirming: distractions play a major role in crashes drivers can be distracted up to half the time they are driving
Liberty Mutual Insurance and Students Against Destructive Decisions, cooperated to survey the driving behaviors of teen drivers in anticipation of teens driving more hours during summer months. Summer months have demonstrated to be the most deadly for teens. The results of the survey should serve as a wake-up call to how much at risk all
Strong laws, visible enforcement and education dramatically reduce cell phone use and texting in NHTSA Pilot Program. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray La Hood announced that pilot studies in Syracuse, New York and Hartford, Connecticut aimed at reducing cell phone use and texting by drivers were remarkably successful. ”These findings show that strong laws, combined
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