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Insurance Firm Partners With Anti-Texting Gadget-Maker: A Sign Of Things To Come?

We've seen plenty of insurance companies offering discounts for devices that track driving habits like mileage and hard braking. Now, one small U.S. insurer is doing something a little different in a ploy to cut down on distracted driving -- and presumably, the accidents it causes. The company is...

5 hours ago by Richard Read

The Biggest Driving Distraction For Parents? It's Not What You Think

May 7, 2013

U.S. Highway Fatality Rate Rises For First Time In Six Years

May 3, 2013 1

Six Rules Of The Road You Should Observe (But Probably Won't)

May 2, 2013 15

Bluetooth headset concept by Ilshat Garipov

NHTSA's Distracted-Driving Guidelines Say Hands-Free Calls Are A-Okay

In February of 2012, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a rough draft of preliminary recommendations on... April 24, 2013 by Richard Read

Study: Hands-Free Texting Is No Safer Than Typing

A debate is raging about taking and making hands-free calls behind the wheel. Some folks think the practice is perfectly safe, while others (like the National Transportation... April 23, 2013 by Richard Read

Texting & Map-Checking Are Equally Distracting & Illegal In California

When you're behind the wheel, do you rely on your smartphone to get from Point A to Point B? If so, we have some potentially bad news. In January of 2012, a California driver... April 9, 2013 by Richard Read 1

Distracted Drivers Cause 10% Of Fatal Accidents, But Are Phones To Blame?

We often talk about the dangers of distracted driving -- and for good reason. Of the 32,367 traffic fatalities on U.S. roads in 2011, over 10% were linked to distracted... April 8, 2013 by Richard Read

Toyota & Teen Vogue's 'Arrive in Style' campaign

Oh Good: Toyota Teams With Teen Vogue To Keep Girls Off The Phone

Hey, ladies: if you liked the BIC Crystal for Her ballpoint pen, you're going to love Toyota's new public awareness campaign for teenage girls! Toyota has teamed up with Teen... April 5, 2013 by Richard Read

49% Of Adults Text On The Drive To Work

Last summer, a survey found that women are more prone to road rage than men, and that 30% of commuters send text messages on their way to work. Now, AT&T has released... March 29, 2013 by Richard Read 4

Google Glass: Not Yet Available, But Possibly Banned In West Virginia

We've all heard about Google Glass, we've all seen it, we all know (vaguely) what it's capable of doing. And that has encouraged one state legislator in West Virginia to... March 25, 2013 by Richard Read

The Gift Of Gab: More US Drivers Than Europeans Use Phones On The Road

You know it, we know it, everyone knows it: distracted driving is a problem, and it's getting worse. But where is the problem worst of all? You'd think that since cell phones... March 20, 2013 by Richard Read 1

Now THIS Is How You Stop Texting And Driving: ORIGOSafe

We've seen plenty of apps that address the problem of distracted driving -- and given the growing number of traffic fatalities linked to distraction, a solution can't come... March 18, 2013 by Richard Read 2

AAA Study: Drivers Who Use Cell Phones Probably Have Other Bad Habits

Since we were little, we've been told not to judge books by their covers. But AAA would like to remind us of another tried-and-truism: where there's smoke, there's fire... January 28, 2013 by Richard Read 3

Survey: 21% Access The Web While Driving, 13% Update Their Status

Holiday driving is a terrible thing. Between the stress of added traffic and anxiety about spending hours at a dinner table with obnoxious in-laws, many motorists are in... November 19, 2012 by Richard Read

Texting Tickets Could Cost You Down The Road

In most of America, it's illegal to text and drive. Today, 39 states and the District of Columbia now have laws on the books forbidding the practice. Chances are, you live in... October 26, 2012 by Richard Read

BMW Pathfinder "micronavigation" system prototype

Sat Nav Is Distracting, Even When You're Not Looking At It

Mapping technology is hugely important nowadays. (Well, except Apple Maps, which is hugely hilarious.) But a new study implies that mapping devices can actually inhibit... October 1, 2012 by Richard Read

Monotype and MIT AgeLab study links fonts with reduced driver distraction risk

Garamond Vs. Arial: Fonts Can Increase Your Risk Of Crashing

Design fanatics spend a lot of time obsessing over fonts. They debate the readability of Times Roman, the 20th-century functionalism of Helvetica, the low-level IQ of Comic... September 27, 2012 by Richard Read 5

Anti-distracted-driving tech from Rutgers University & Stevens Institute of Technology

New App Takes Clever Approach To Curb Distracted Driving

We all know that using a cell phone behind the wheel is a bad idea. Texting is the worst offense, but even gabbing on a hands-free headset isn't perfect. We've seen an array... August 15, 2012 by Richard Read