Texting While Driving Now Responsible For More Teen Deaths Than Drunk Driving
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Texting while driving has now replaced drunk driving as the number one cause of death among US teenagers, according to new research from the Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New...
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AT&T Joined by Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and 200+ Other Organizations; Multi-Million Dollar Ad Campaign, Major Retail Presence and Expanded Texting-While-Driving Simulator Tour Planned DALLAS, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T's It Can Wait(®) campaign to end texting and driving was significantly bolstered today by the commitment of Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile US, Inc. and more than 200 other organizations to join the movement. Their efforts will support a new national...
NEW Data on Deadly Summer Driving Season Announced WASHINGTON, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To kick off Global Youth Traffic Safety Month (GYTSM), youth from across the country rallied today with National Organizations for Youth Safety® (NOYS), federal government leaders, global partners including the Nelson Mandela family, and corporate representatives to address road and traffic safety issues to help put an end to motor vehicle crashes - the leading cause of death for...
National Safety Council and Nationwide Insurance release new report on cell phone distracted driving crashes ITASCA, Ill., May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the National Safety Council released findings from a recent analysis of national statistics on fatal motor vehicle crashes, in a report entitled, "Crashes Involving Cell Phones: Challenges of Collecting and Reporting Reliable Crash Data," funded in part by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. The report reviewed 180...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online According to a new survey, parents are putting their children at risk in cars because they are driving distracted. University of Michigan researchers studied over 600 parents to see what distractions they face when they are driving with their children in the car. They presented their findings at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting. "Lots of attention has been given to distracted teen drivers. However, our results...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Despite numerous state laws prohibiting texting while operating motor vehicles and countless advertising campaigns warning of the dangers of distracted driving, nearly half of all teenagers admit that they still send and receive messages while behind the wheel. According to research presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting on Saturday, approximately 43 percent of the driving-age high-school students that...
Anti-Distracted Driving PSAs distributed during Global Youth Traffic Safety Month WASHINGTON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of Global Youth Traffic Safety Month(TM), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Mazda Motorsports, the Ad Council and the National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS) announced the six high school and college winners of their second annual Project Yellow Light scholarship contest. "One Text or Call Could Wreck It All," was the theme of this year's...
PSAs featured on billboards and bus shelters in time for Global Youth Traffic Safety Month WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At the beginning of the summer driving season--which is twice as deadly for teens--the nation's top highway safety agency is expanding its anti-texting campaign on billboards and bus shelters ("Stop the Texts. Stop the Wrecks."). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130501/DC05747) More than 1,000 billboards and bus shelters will...
Recommends Ban on Hands-Free Texting While Driving to Reduce Danger on Roadways ELK GROVE, Calif., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ADEPT Driver, a California company that develops proven crash reduction programs, highlighted a newly published research bulletin issued by the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) entitled Driver Distraction and Hands-Free Texting While Driving. The research bulletin examines causes of distracted driving, risks and prevalence associated with...
Findings Highlight Need for California Law to Ban Voice-Activated Texting While Driving ELK GROVE, Calif., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ADEPT Driver, a California company that develops proven crash reduction programs, released a new research summary on the risk of hands-free texting while driving. ADEPT's research review looks at 36 studies on distracted driving, texting while driving, and hands-free texting while driving, including new research conducted by the Texas A&M...
Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released final guidelines aimed at automakers, but pulled back from calling for actual regulations. These guidelines were released following a comment period on a draft release by the NHTSA last year. The new guidelines were posted on the NHTSA website. US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood called on automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk of electronic...
