Big four cellphone companies jointly launch anti-texting campaign

Amanda Bayhi - May 14, 2013

(Photo: Jason Weaver / Flickr) AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile will launch a joint advertising campaign this summer against texting while driving, according to the Associated Press. The companies will join 200 other organizations in backing AT&T’s “It Can Wait” ...

Hello? [CRASH]

John Latta - May 13, 2013

(Photo: Intel Free Press / Flickr) A new report argues that car crashes involving cell phones are significantly underreported. So what is the number? There’s no hard data to go on, but the correct number for cell phone involvement in all ...

Wisconsin texting champ urges drivers to put down phones

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 12, 2013

Austin Wierschke poses with a new Wisconsin advertisement. (Photo: Gannett Wisconsin Media) Wisconsin teenager and two-time LG U.S. National Texting Champion Austin Wierschke is advocating for drivers to put their mobile phones away while behind the wheel, the Appleton Post-Crescent ...

Anti-distraction laws aren’t deterring drivers

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 08, 2013

Anti-distracted driving laws seemingly ineffective, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. At any given time, approximately 660,000 people--more than the number of Boston residents--are preoccupied with their cell phones while, at the same time, driving on a road. Despite ...

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel

John Latta - Mar 28, 2013

Do texting-while-driving bans save lives? Sometimes. That’s not the answer I was expecting, nor frankly the answer I wanted to hear, but some serious research, which The Atlantic Cities reported on, seems to have come to this conclusion. The problem doesn’t seem to ...

AAA Foundation challenges motorists to adopt responsible driving habits in 2012

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 03, 2012

A recent national survey by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety confirms that Americans desire a greater level of safety than they now experience on our roads and are open to more government action to make it happen. Yet, according to ...

NHTSA measures distracted-driving deaths

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Dec 09, 2011

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Dec. 8 unveiled a new measure of fatalities related to distracted driving called “distraction-affected crashes.” Introduced for 2010 as part of a broader effort by the agency to refine its data ...

California traffic deaths drop for fifth consecutive year

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jul 21, 2011

California saw a decline in overall traffic deaths in 2010, marking the fifth year in a row of safer roads. According to federal government figures, total vehicle fatalities dropped 11.9 percent, from 3,081 in 2009 to 2,715 ...

DOT pilot projects: Power of focused efforts to combat distracted driving

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jul 13, 2011

United States Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on July 11 released the findings of two pilot projects measuring the effectiveness of tough laws, increased enforcement and highly visible public education campaigns on distracted driving. The findings pointed to significant ...

One II One

Brooke Wisdom - May 09, 2011

A NEW SERIES: ONE II ONE WITH SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS Ray LaHood Talks to Editor In Chief John Latta America’s 16th Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was a congressional staffer for 17 years and a member of ...

Lattatudes

Brooke Wisdom - May 09, 2011

Now is the Moment When you are the person at the very top of the ladder, the world looks has to look different. That’s why Harry Truman had his The Buck Stops Here sign on his Oval Office desk. Transportation Secretary Ray ...

Event at UN: Global call to action on ending distracted driving

Tina Grady Barbaccia - May 17, 2010

On Wednesday, May 19 at 10:30 a.m, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and senior representatives from the United States and Russia will join together at the United Nations to launch a global effort to address the growing epidemic of distracted driving. With ...

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