This king of distracted driving was busted by a passenger during rush hour in Portland. The driver was put on leave while TriMet transit investigates. … [Read more...]
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Dad heads for summit to tell sad tale
September 17, 2010 by 1 Comment
Amos Johnson is headed for the second Distracted Driving Summit in Washington. The North Carolina man will be talking to the media about his daughter, Ashley, who died after trying to retrieve a text message while driving. He tells some of the story in this student-produced video, "TXTNG & DRIVNG -- It Can Wait." More: A Florida man is set to tell the summit about his daughter's distracted driving death. … [Read more...]
Auto Club: Texting & driving soaring
September 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The percentage of people texting and driving has doubled in Southern California, despite the statewide ban on the practice, the regional Auto Club says. The group's "observational" surveys, done only in Orange County, suggest that 2.7 percent of drivers are texting and/or using smart phones at any time. That's roughly double the percentage recorded before California's texting and driving ban went into effect in January 2009. Handheld cell phone use -- illegal under an earlier state law -- held steady at 3.7 percent, the Automobile Club of Southern California said. The Auto Club has … [Read more...]
Distracted Driving Summit agenda
September 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The second Distracted Driving Summit will devote several hours to using the media to combat text messaging and handheld cell phone use by motorists. Attendees at the one-day session on Sept. 21 will hear presentations on the topics "Social Media: Reaching the Younger Generation and Beyond," "Public Service Ads: What Does and Does Not Work," "Communications and Media," "Marketing/Advertising Using Traditional Media" and "Media Relations/Earned Media." In keeping with the media outreach theme, the 2010 Distracted Driving Summit will be webcast live from Washington at distraction.gov. “One … [Read more...]
Election hot button: distracted driving
September 11, 2010 by 2 Comments
Distracted driving has yet to emerge as an election issue in the U.S., but it's making news on the campaign trail in Canada's New Brunswick province. The current Liberal government has come under fire once again for its foot-dragging in enacting specific distracted driving laws. New Brunswick remains one of two Canadian provinces without laws against text messaging while driving. Political Conservatives have said several times during their campaign for the fall election that they’ll promptly enact distracted driving legislation if victorious in the fall. The issue hit the front burner Sept. … [Read more...]
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