The Nevada Highway Patrol reported that state troopers issued 11,992 traffic citations to drivers who were engaging in distracted driving cell phone behavior including talking without hands-free technology, texting, reading and all other non-voice-activated communication in 2012. Fortunately, statistics and numbers show that issuing such [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
The U.S Department of Transportation is sending Sacramento $1.5 Million to combat distracted driving across the state. The funding is said to go specifically towards Public Service Announcements and for increased police enforcement of the use of cell phones while driving. California is currently one of the 39 states that ban texting [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
Students at Carrollwood Day School experienced firsthand the dangers of texting while driving. The results were what the instructors expected, with most of the students crashing the car during the video simulation. Thankfully it was only a simulation and no one was hurt. People in real life though are not as lucky. The National Highway [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
Ten taps. That is the amount officers are using to determine if a person is texting versus simply dialing a phone number. Ten taps. A number has seven, so if you screw up more than once you might be accused of texting. If you enter the area code, you have hit the ten tap accusatory […]
Kiernan Hopkins
It has been over two years since the State of Georgia enacted a ban on texting while driving and many drivers are not happy with the results. Texting while driving, as proven by study after study, is a real threat facing drivers every day on the road. Drivers who text at the same time are […]
Kiernan Hopkins
U.S. Department of Transportation has paid police to spy on drivers suspected of texting… The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it is providing a grant of $550,000 that will allow police departments in Connecticut and Massachusetts to test a variety of new anti-texting enforcement programs for a [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
Distracted driving laws in California have effectively created more aware drivers and safer roads over the past two years. Now, State Senator and father of California’s distracted driving laws, Joe Simitian is pushing for harsher punishments. Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the second plan in two years that would increase distracted [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
So sometimes statistics and typical bar graphs can be easy to forget or even boring, so we decided to put together an infographic on the dangers of distracted driving. Click the image if you would
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