A just-released study looks at how new in-car technology is taking our eyes off the road. Consumer Reports focuses on vehicle "infotainment systems," including touch screens and controllers on the ...
All it takes is a brief moment of distraction and your world can change radically for the worse. When driving a car, a split-second difference can determine whether you ram into that car ahead of you, ...
SIX. APRIL IS NATIONAL DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH. DRIVERS ACROSS FLORIDA DO STILL TEXT AND DRIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS ILLEGAL. IT’S NOT JUST TEXTING THAT IS DISTRACTING DRIVERS. AS PART OF OUR ...
We’ve all done it: You’re driving along, a text comes in, and even though you know you shouldn’t do it, you take a quick peek. Distracted driving is common and, according to a new report from Zendrive ...
Florida bill would ban drivers from holding phones or devices. Police could stop drivers even if no texting or calling occurs. Repeat violations could lead to fines and license suspension.
New research shows that many drivers are profoundly distracted by their phones when they're going past first responders working accidents on the roadways. New research from the National Safety Council ...
ATLANTA - The Governor's Office of Highway Safety found that more than half of car crashes in Georgia in 2022 were caused by a distraction, according to a new report. Officials say a lot of the time ...
News of Covid-19 is sweeping the nation, but other serious threats to safety remain. Distracted driving, for example, claimed the lives of 2,841 people in the United States in 2018. Among those killed ...
A new study on distracted walking finds that more than three quarters (78 percent) of US adults believe that distracted walking is a 'serious' issue; however, 74 percent of Americans say 'other people ...