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2. Distracted driving: Why staying safe means staying focused - AOL

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   According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, 48 states ban texting while driving, 24 banned all handheld devices while driving and 37 states plus Washington, D.C., ban all cell phone use ...

3. Restrictions on cell phone use while driving in the United ...

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   The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...

4. Regulators are the only ones who can save us from distracted ...

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   Most of you are on your phones when you should be driving. It's time for automakers and the US regulatory agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), to do something about it.

5. Highways are getting deadlier, with fatalities up 22%. Our ...

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   Distracted driving laws have been passed in many of the 50 states but differ in requirements and in level of enforcement, according to the Governors Highway Safety Assn. So the National Distracted ...

6. Mobile phones and driving safety - Wikipedia

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   In the United States, automobile crashes due to distracted driving are increasing even after the passage of laws intended to lessen such use while driving. Using a cell phone while driving increases the driver's risk of causing a crash. Drivers can become distracted, decreasing the driver's awareness on the road, leading to more car crashes.

7. University of Iowa Driving Safety Research Institute - Wikipedia

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   The Driving Safety Research Institute conducts research with both simulators and on-road vehicles. Funded by government, military, and industry partners, their expertise includes: Human factors; Distracted driving; Drowsy driving; Drugged driving; Connected and automated vehicles; Mobility; At-risk populations (older and novice drivers ...

8. Self-driving car - Wikipedia

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   In February 2024, a driver using the Ford BlueCruise hands-free driving feature struck and killed the driver of a stationary car with no lights on in the middle lane of a freeway in Texas. [ 250 ] In March 2024, a drunk driver who was speeding, holding her cell phone, and using BlueCruise on a Pennsylvania freeway struck and killed two people ...

9. Eating in the car? Changing the radio? What California law ...

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   More than 3,500 people died in car accidents involving a distracted driver, according to the most recent available data from the U.S. Department of Transportation in 2021.. In recent years, one of ...