Whilst the focus of most public awareness campaigns and legislation has revolved around the issue of Distracted Driving, it seems that the Dept. of Transportation is going to widen the net to address the problem of “Distracted Operating”. We have blogged previously about cases where Airline pilots, boat crew and train drivers have been involved …
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Aug 30
LaHood Signals Tougher Distraction Regulations
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and the NHTSA have ensured that the Distracted Driving problem has remained at the forefront of their road safety message. Their aggressive approach and the setting up of numerous public campaigns and Distracted Driving Summits have kept the Distracted Driving problem prominent in the public’s awareness. Much of the intial focus of …
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Aug 18
The Cost of Distracted Driving
We came across a very interesting post on the CarTalk.com blog, which describes an attempt to assign a financial value to the damage caused by Distracted Driving related accidents. The author uses two sets of figures for costing (one from the National Safety Council and another set from the Federal Highway Administration – dating back to …
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Aug 15
Distracted Driving and Workers Compensation – An Attorney Speaks
The second video released by our friends at Zoomsafer features an attorney discussing Distracted Driving in relation to Workers Compensation. Together with the previously posted clip, these videos demonstrate the importance of creating and enforcing effective Distracted Driving policies. The second of these videos is embedded below – apologies for the poor sound quality. Blank-IT …
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Aug 08
CDC and WHO Latest Studies on Distracted Driving
Two recently released reports on Distracted Driving make interesting reading. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) report covers an analysis of survey data relating to mobile phone use (for making calls and texting/emailing) while driving, both in the United States and Europe. Blank-IT is designed to control driver access to computers/laptops when the …
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