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Toronto Police Is Using a Hearse to Raise Awareness over Distracted Driving
Toronto Police Is Using a Hearse to Raise Awareness over Distracted Driving

18 Feb 2015, 16:10 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Since distracted driving is causing more and more accidents in Canada, the Toronto police has decided to use a hearse to raise awareness over the phenomenon

 
A Radar Gun that Catches Driver Texting Is in Development <span>· Updated</span>
A Radar Gun that Catches Driver Texting Is in Development · Updated

17 Sep 2014, 08:59 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / ComSonics, a Virginia-based company, is developing a radar gun-like device with which police officers will be able to detect drivers who are texting. The gadget uses the telltale radio frequencies t...

 
Teenager Lights Driver’s Armpit Hair, Causes Rollover Crash
Teenager Lights Driver’s Armpit Hair, Causes Rollover Crash

18 Sep 2014, 15:20 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / An 18-year old driver from Boise, Idaho managed to flip his SUV while driving on a suburban road this weekend, after one of the four passengers he was traveling with decided to do a prank. According...

 
Guys vs Girls: a Funny but True Take on How We Drive Differently
Guys vs Girls: a Funny but True Take on How We Drive Differently

1 Apr 2014, 11:24 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There is probably no bigger cliche out there than "guys versus girls". They tell us we have a mid-life crisis whenever we buy a sportscar and we return the favor by making jokes about shoe...

 
Toyota Raises Awareness of Distracted Teenage Drivers
Toyota Raises Awareness of Distracted Teenage Drivers

21 Jun 2013, 12:48 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Driving a car (especially a manual) means coordination, multitasking and greater awareness of what happens with your car and with the other road users. At first, you might feel a bit overwhelmed ...

 
NTSB Recommends Complete Ban on Electronic Devices While Driving
NTSB Recommends Complete Ban on Electronic Devices While Driving

14 Dec 2011, 10:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / We saw this day coming when we announced some figures showing that last year a total of 3,092 people died in the US as a direct result of texting or talking on the phone while behind the wheel of a ...

 
Texting, Calling Resulted in 3,092 Fatalities in 2010
Texting, Calling Resulted in 3,092 Fatalities in 2010

10 Dec 2011, 13:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Distracted driving might seem like something the government calls upon because it wants you to be bored at the wheel, but the latest results from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (...

 
Blackberry Blackout Increases Road Safety?
Blackberry Blackout Increases Road Safety?

18 Oct 2011, 17:02 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Distracted driving is an issue which goes much deeper than you might think, with the latest example that comes to demonstrate this being a link between last week’s BlackBerry blackout and a si...

 
2012 Audi A6 Commercial Mocks US Driving
2012 Audi A6 Commercial Mocks US Driving

21 Sep 2011, 18:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / In a rather surprising move, Audi is dropping its usual reserved attitude and is throwing a lot of stuff in the face of Americans in its latest 2012 Audi A6 commercial. The commercial shows a brand ...

 
Study Shows Dogs Lead to Distracted Driving
Study Shows Dogs Lead to Distracted Driving

3 Aug 2011, 08:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A dog is a man’s best friend! That’s the saying goes, and we tend to to agree when it comes to canine companions around the house: they are loyal, loving and are especially entertaining ...

 
Ford Song Contest Against Distracted Driving Awards Winners
Ford Song Contest Against Distracted Driving Awards Winners

19 Jul 2011, 07:51 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The recent national song contest held by American manufacturer ford in conjunction with Usher's New Look Foundation, has recently announced and warded its winners. Distracted driving was the th...

 
US Police Cracking Down on Distracted Drivers
US Police Cracking Down on Distracted Drivers

12 Jul 2011, 08:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / According to a new federal government report, the police pilot program to crack down on distracted driving is in full effect, as thousands upon thousands of tickets have already been issued. The U.S...

 
BMW Fights Against Texting While Driving
BMW Fights Against Texting While Driving

3 Jun 2011, 08:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Aiming at raising awareness on the dangers of distracted driving, the North American division of BMW has announced the launch of a new campaign themed "DON'T TXT & DRIVE - When the Eng...

 
Parents Say They Drive Safe, Kids Disagree
Parents Say They Drive Safe, Kids Disagree

26 Apr 2011, 07:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Driving around with the parents is, for most children, a pleasure. Regardless of the destination, or the car they drive in, a trip taken during a weekend has a big chance of becoming one of those mo...

 
Distracted Living
Distracted Living

23 Mar 2011, 12:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Hard facts: in 2009, the proportion of fatalities associated with driver distraction increased from 10 to 16 percent (of the overall traffic fatalities) compared to the levels of 2005. 5,474 America...

 
Sprint Joins Distracted Driving Fight with Drive First
Sprint Joins Distracted Driving Fight with Drive First

23 Mar 2011, 11:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Next month, government agencies, mobile phone operators and private companies will join hands and efforts in what has become for some time now 30 days of focused fighting against distracted driving....

 
Cellcontrol Anti-Distracted Driving System Explained
Cellcontrol Anti-Distracted Driving System Explained

22 Mar 2011, 15:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For several years now, US authorities are engaged in a bitter battle to try and persuade the American drivers that distracted driving is bad for their physical integrity. Yet, regardless of the huge...

 
Aegis Partners with Acision on DriveAssist Distracted Driving Solution
Aegis Partners with Acision on DriveAssist Distracted Driving Solution

22 Mar 2011, 09:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The fight against the effects of distracted driving seems to have entered a more technological era this week, as more and more groups are announcing either the start of a study into how technology c...

 
Distracted Driving to Be Eliminated with Technology
Distracted Driving to Be Eliminated with Technology

22 Mar 2011, 09:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After years of efforts proved that there is little the authorities can do to force drivers into not texting or talking on the phone while driving, a new approach might be tried later in the year, pr...

 
19 Percent of Drivers Admit to Using Internet While Driving
19 Percent of Drivers Admit to Using Internet While Driving

3 Mar 2011, 11:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Results published yesterday by State Farm, which are based on an online survey, show an alarming number of drivers are guilty of a very special kind of distracted driving. We are talking about using...