A recent Injury Board article raises the interesting question – Can we fight technology with techology? That’s what some parents are asking when it comes to stopping their teenage sons or daughters using their cellphones while behind the wheel of the car. Instead of taking the phone away, which is an impractical option in many …
Category Archive: Safety
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Jan 16
A Current Affair On Distracted Driving
One of Australia’s top-rating programs, Channel 9′s “A Current Affair” has broadcast an interesting feature on the dangers of Distracted Driving in Australia. Featuring interviews with academic experts and law enforcement representatives, the piece also includes a practical demonstration, using a driving simulator, of the effects of texting on driver behaviour and reaction times. View …
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Jan 04
2010 Road Fatality & Injury Data Released – Lowest Traffic Fatalities for 6 Decades but Distracted Driving Continues to Kill.
U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Lowest Level Of Annual Traffic Fatalities In More Than Six Decades Updated 2010 FARS data includes new measure of ‘distraction-affected’ fatalities; national attitude survey offers additional insight into problem of distracted driving WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced updated 2010 fatality and injury data showing that …
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Nov 01
Research Reveals Cost of in-car Laptop Use by Police
Typically, Distracted Driving campaigns are aimed at young drivers and/or the problems of texting and cellphone use. At Blank-IT, our focus is on the dangers of laptop & computer use by drivers, usage that presents ALL of the factors that contribute most to driver distraction (visual, cognitive and physical). University researchers in Minnesota have conducted a …
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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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