Multitasking can make a person more productive in almost every aspect of their life, with one notable exception: driving. From texting (even with Siri) to answering emotional phone calls, eating behind the wheel or simply lost in thought, distracted driving is a risky habit. Combine dangerous driving habits with congested roads and some [...]
Brian Debelle
The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute has conducted a naturalistic driving study in which researches track the real-time actions of drivers by equipping vehicles with sensors, radars, and cameras with the goal of learning what specific distracted driving behaviors and actions are the most dangerous and result in the most number of [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
Liberty Mutual and Students Against Destructive Decisions conducted a survey with over 1,600 high school students in regards to distracted driving and teen driving behavior. An alarming but possibly not surprising find was that 88% of respondents admitted to using their phone while driving. Distracted driving has become a huge problem [...]
Brian Debelle
The adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” has perhaps never been more befitting an image then that of the mangled car that Amanda Kloehr was wrenched from after being buried by a tractor trailer in a 2008 car accident. The first emergency responder on the scene, a man with twenty years of experience, […]
Kiernan Hopkins
By 2015, the threat of distracted driving and education on the subject has made its way into the collective consciousness. A quick web search will reveal the massive amount of data circulating the internet such as this infographic on cell phone use by the Vancouver personal injury lawyers at the NW Injury Law Center that […]
Brian Debelle
The great physiologist Pavlov famously conducted the classical conditioning experiment making dogs salivate at the ringing of a bell while waiting to be fed. I have a difficult time thinking of anything else in the present day that is more comparable to this classic age old experiment then the modern day human and their cellphone. It [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
At this point, I think most people realize just how big of a problem and how dangerous distracted driving is. However, seeing this list of distracted driving statistics altogether in one long list really can put it into perspective. Going through and reading these statistics proving the dangers of distracted driving and then realizing [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
George and Kathy Weed were killed one year ago when a truck driver who police say was texting while driving slammed his tractor-trailer into the back of the upstate New York couple’s car on a Pennsylvania highway. “Dad was in his lane and coming to a stop ,” said their son, Brian Weed. “The truck […]
Kiernan Hopkins
The federal Department of Transportation reported that distracted driving related accidents killed 3,328 United States citizens in 2012 alone. In the same year, distracted driving accidents caused 21% of all the fatal auto accidents involving teens ages 15 to 19 years old. Distracted driving occurs when the operator of an automobile [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
Quickly becoming one of the most prevalent factors for causes of a car accident, distracted driving might be even more dangerous than it is being reported. The under reporting of distracted driving has become a frequent mistake made by police officers and various other data collecting agencies. A study, partially funded by the Nationwide [...]
Kiernan Hopkins