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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines distracted driving as any activity that could divert attention from the primary task of driving. Besides using electronic gadgets, distractions can also include adjusting a radio, eating and drinking, reading, grooming, and interacting with passengers.
March 30, 2023. Workplace policies that discourage distracted driving can be part of the solution. A multifaceted approach could help end distracted driving, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows.
Distracted drivers in fatal crashes during 2022, by distraction type; Distraction type Number % Generally distracted or "lost in thought" (daydreaming) 1,959: 63: Cellphone use (talking, listening, dialing, texting) 375: 12: Outside person, object or event, such as rubbernecking: 277: 9: Other distraction, not specified: 81: 3
Making roads and vehicles safer for everyone. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers and safety professionals.
When we think about distracted driving, we automatically think of smartphones. They’re indispensable. They’re addictive. They can also be dangerous. Crash data based on police reports indicate that around 3,350 people were killed in all distraction-related crashes and 382 died in crashes involving cell phone use in 2021.
Distracted driving: Electronic device laws. Making roads and vehicles safer for everyone. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers and safety ...
Self-driving vehicles will need not only to obey traffic laws but also to adapt to road conditions and implement driving strategies that account for uncertainty about what other road users will do, such as driving more slowly than a human driver would in areas with high pedestrian traffic or in low-visibility conditions.
In Oregon, distracted driving convictions were dropping before a generalized holding ban became effective in October 2017. Afterward, they rose 50 percent in 2018 and another 27 percent in 2019. Likewise, in Washington, which adopted its broader law in July 2017, previous year-to-year drops in citations were followed by increases of 74 percent ...
The first two groups were more likely to be distracted while driving with Pilot Assist during the second half of the month they had the vehicle than the first. Like the results of an earlier, related study, this suggests that they became bolder or more complacent as they got used to the system. The third group was about equally likely to ...
Introduction: Distracted driving is a long-standing traffic safety concern, though common secondary tasks continually evolve. The goal of this study was to measure the prevalence of self-reported distracted driving behaviors, including activities made possible in recent years by smartphones.