Nextraq has partnered with Cellcontrol, a distracted driving technology company, which uses a Bluetooth Trigger Unit coupled with a mobile app that can block or restrict calls, emails, texting and web browsing.
Read More →Four years of data show a significant increase in the use of mobile web services while driving.
Read More →The grants are designed to help test anti-texting enforcement protocols and techniques such as using stationary patrols, spotters on overpasses on elevated roadways and roving patrols.
Read More →This study, which identifies the role of unconscious thought processes in texting and driving, found that texting while driving is predicted by a person's level of habit — more so than how much someone texts.
Read More →New York's distracted driving law makes texting while driving a primary traffic offense, giving police officers the power to stop drivers for this offense alone.
Read More →Ohio is the 39th state to prohibit texting behind the wheel for all drivers.
Read More →The 'Blueprint for Ending Distracted Driving' plan encourages the remaining 11 states without distracted driving laws to enact and enforce this type of legislation. It also asks the auto industry to adopt new guidelines for technology to reduce the potential for distraction on devices built into, or brought into, vehicles.
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The new law, which takes effect Aug. 1, makes Alabama the 38th state to outlaw the practice of texting while driving.
Read More →In a Zoomsafer blog post, the software company addresses why mass media needs to mention that risky distracted driving behaviors are more than just a problem for teens.
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