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New England Journal of Medicine Article “Distracted Driving and Risk of Road...
As reported in the New England Journal of Medicine a Virginia Tech research team led by Sheila Klauer, PhD completed a study comparing novice and experienced drivers and risks associated with a number...
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The next generation of Audi and Tesla automobiles are about to become more...
AT&T has long been at the forefront of efforts to reduce distracted driving with its no texting initiatives. Undoubtedly, through it’s leadership, many crashes have been prevented and many lives...
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Distracted Driving Presentations—Children’s...
Shortly after my daughter Casey’s death I was asked to participate in distracted driving presentations. I did so and told Casey’s story and held a photo of Casey for everyone to see. People were moved,...
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University of Michigan Study – 90% of Parents Drive Distracted With Children...
May is Global Youth Traffic Safety Month, a month designated to bring awareness to the fact that traffic accidents are the number 1 killer of teens and to get teens involved in the solution. We at...
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NHTSA: Distracted Driving Crashes Cost Americans $129 Billion a Year
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a new study that points to the high economic toll and societal impact of motor vehicle crashes in...
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Wayne State University Researchers Study Decline in Driving Performance While...
We all know that texting while driving is dangerous, something that was certainly confirmed again in a recent study by Wayne State University Researchers. Using a driving simulator, lane excursions...
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NHTSA Releases 2013 Crash Data – Highway Fatalities and Injuries Declining
Roadway deaths fall nearly 25 percent in a decade, fatality rates at a historic low In late December, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...
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N.J. Pedestrian Deaths Spike by 28% in 2014
The New Jersey State Police released its fatality crash statistics for 2014, reflecting a 3.9% increase in highway fatalities in 2013 by 21 victims, bringing the total to 563 up from 542 in...
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Parents – Don’t buy your teen a cheap old car
Per mile driven, the rate of serious vehicle crashes, including fatal ones, involving teens remains tragically high — about three times higher than that for adults. Parents can help to avoid...
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AAA Study: Distracted Driving May be Involved in More Teen Crashes Than...
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety released the results from its most recent distracted driving study and the results are troubling. Quantifying the extent of the distracted driving problem has...
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U.S. 2015 Traffic Deaths Show a Sharp Increase In the First Half of 2015
Motor vehicle crash data statistics for the first half of 2015 (Jan. – June) produced by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) reveal an 8% spike in traffic deaths over the...
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Rethinking Defensive Driving in Light of Distracted Driving
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month and a good time to reflect on just how bad distracted driving has become in our country. For many of us seeing other motorists focused on their phones...
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Teens Report Alarming Number of Near-Miss Accidents as a Result of Distracted...
Liberty Mutual Insurance and Students Against Destructive Decisions, cooperated to survey the driving behaviors of teen drivers in anticipation of teens driving more hours during summer months. Summer...
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Learn the Facts About Distracted Driving
How serious are the dangers? Deadly serious. Look at the facts: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a division of the U.S. Transportation Department, distracted...
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Resources for Teen Drivers and Their Parents
Teen Driver Source is comprised of a team of researchers, educators, and communicators from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute....
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Do Teens Think Differently About What Causes Vehicle Crashes…and Can Those...
Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at CHOP have been analyzing factors associated with teen crashes,the #1 cause of death for adolescents, to develop interventions to...
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USDOT Secretary La Hood’s Blueprint for Ending Distracted Driving
Secretary La Hood announced a comprehensive plan to build on the momentum and progress made to date to end distracted driving. The Blueprint to end distracted driving contains these steps: Encouraging...
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Drowsy Driving: 1 in 25 Fall Asleep at the Wheel According to CDC Report
In the largest study of its kind to date, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report last month revealing that 4.2% of drivers reported falling asleep at the wheel within the...
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Distracted Driving- West Virginia Researcher: Auto makers must be required to...
In the most recent edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association , Jeffrey Coben, M.D., and co-author Motao Zhu, M.D., PhD argue in a Viewpoint submission that automobile manufacturers...
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Leave the Dog at Home – Especially If You Are a Senior
It may be true that, “if you want a friend, get a dog,” but a recent study shows, when you get in the car, you should leave the dog at home, especially if you’re a senior citizen. The new study comes...
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