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
Distracted driving is any type of action that takes an individual’s attention away from the road and the act of driving. Distracted driving puts everyone on the road in danger. Some of the most common types of distracted driving include: texting and driving, eating while driving, grooming and driving, talking to passengers, cell [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
Hundreds of teens and concerned parents gathered at the Webster-Dudley Boys and Girls club in Worcester County, Massachusetts Tuesday for a distracted driving community out reach program. The event, which was initially started in response to a teenage girl who lost her life while texting and driving, is just one of the many programs put [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
The National Safety Council estimates there were more than 1 million crashes in the United States this year caused by drivers distracted by their cellphones. The Hoover, AL community and officials are rallying this week to bring to light the dangers of distracted driving. Although texting itself is a huge factor, the campaign hopes to [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
The 4th Annual Crash Course Teen Driving Summit took place today at the Pelhem Civic Center in Alabama. On a national average, Alabama ranks high for teen driving fatalities and injuries. The event held today helped to simulate the dangers of distracted driving. Some of the tests given to the teens included: wearing [...]
Kiernan Hopkins
Seven California students learned first-hand the dangers of distracted driving. In the first time event put together by St. Joseph Health of Sonoma County and other sponsors, students from all around Sonoma were invited to participate in distracted driving experiements. The tests were simple time trail courses and basic lane changing [...]
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
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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