Nearly all states in the Union have laws that criminalize the use of a cell phone for texting while driving a motor vehicle. However, these laws are difficult to enforce because of the fact that the use of a cell phone for making phone calls is not against the law. Law enforcement, therefore, struggles to […]
117 Blog Posts From the DISTRACTED DRIVING Tag
Will Distracted Driving Get Worse Before It Gets Better?
• April 25, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, SAFETY, Technology, TEXTING
Distracted driving is a huge problem, and something most of us see on the road every day. In a recent Esurance survey of more than 1,000 U.S. drivers, 58 percent admitted to occasional or frequent distracted driving. Even though distracted driving causes hundreds of thousands of accident-related injuries and thousands of fatalities every year, it […]
Car with Personality: Are we ready for this?
• April 22, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, DISTRACTED DRIVING, Fuel, PRIVACY, SAFETY, Technology
I admit…I have always named my cars and talked to them too. Not because I am a lonely and sad person but because I want to imbue good feelings in my space—talking to my car seems to do that for me. Every car should have a bit of personality that makes it ours. How can […]
What is the best way to stop Distracted Driving?
April had been designated Distracted Driving Month and we see numerous law enforcement campaigns to fight against all the distracted drivers out there. Texting, talking on the phone, eating, putting on makeup, fighting with your kids or your spouse, drinking coffee, listening to the radio—so many distractions. The NMA believes that distracted driving in all […]
Walking While Distracted–Nobody Wins: NMA Weekly E-Newsletter #481
April 2, 2018 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, CELL PHONE, DISTRACTED DRIVING, DRIVERLESS CARS, NHTSA, SAFETY, Technology, TEXTING
Have we become a nation of cellphone zombies? Many experts believe that the increase in distracted driving, in particular using a cellphone to text while driving, has been a big factor in the increase of traffic fatalities since 2009. Another factor apparently is distracted walking. Pedestrian deaths account for 16 percent of all traffic fatalities. […]
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