Distracted driving - IIHS-HLDI
15 May 2025 at 5:37pm
Using a cellphone while driving increases crash risk. Researchers have consistently linked texting or otherwise manipulating a cellphone to increased risk. Some studies, but not all, have found that talking on a cellphone also increases crash risk. Cellphones and texting aren?t the only things that can distract drivers.
Electronic device laws - IIHS-HLDI
15 May 2025 at 12:05am
Footnotes. Footnote 1 Alabama specifically prohibits distracted driving, defined as crossing in and out of a traffic lane without using a turn signal, swerving, or otherwise driving in a manner indicative of impairment while holding or supporting a device or while texting.
Searching for answers to the problem of distracted driving - IIHS-HLDI
14 May 2025 at 12:56am
Texting still appears to be on the rise. The percentage of drivers texting or visibly manipulating hand-held devices was 1.5 percent in 2012, up a fraction from 1.3 percent in 2011 but sharply higher than the 0.2 percent observed in 2005. Texting in 2012 was highest among 16-24 year-olds, at 3 percent.
More sweeping cellphone laws reduce crash rates - IIHS-HLDI
14 May 2025 at 3:26am
Bans on holding a cellphone while driving, rather than just talking and texting, reduced crash rates in Oregon and Washington but not California. The difference may lie in the specific wording of the laws.
Highway Loss Data Institute Bulletin - IIHS-HLDI
13 May 2025 at 6:29pm
lion in 2000 to more than 150 billion in 2009) coupled with highly publicized reports that texting while driving may increase crash risk by 23 times (Olson et al., 2009). The purpose of the research reported in this Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) bulletin was to determine whether the laws banning text messaging are reducing collision claims.
IIHS Status Report newsletter, Vol. 54, No. 1, January 24, 2019
9 May 2025 at 1:45am
Talking not texting accounts for most phone use, drivers say D rivers say they use their smartphones more often for calls than for texting, or reading or sending emails, a na-tionwide survey of smartphone users by IIHS indicates. IIHS in January to March 2018 surveyed adult drivers who own smartphones to see how they use them while driving. Eighty
National reported patterns of driver cell phone use in the United States
23 Mar 2025 at 2:22pm
Thirteen percent of drivers reported some texting while driving, and this percentage was highest among drivers ages 18-24 (43%). Twelve percent of drivers in states with all-driver texting bans reported texting while driving, compared with 14 percent in states with no texting ban.
Bans reduce phone use, but what about crashes? - IIHS-HLDI
10 May 2025 at 7:59pm
A new HLDI analysis indicates that even with strong enforcement, cellphone and texting bans aren't reducing crashes reported to insurers. New York in 2001 became the first state to bar all drivers from talking on a hand-held phone while driving. Currently, 14 states and the District of Columbia restrict all drivers from using a hand-held cellphone.
IIHS Status Report newsletter, Vol. 49, No. 8, October 24, 2014 - IIHS-HLDI
21 Apr 2025 at 10:20am
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates. Texting still appears to be on the rise. The percentage of drivers texting or visibly manipu-lating hand-held devices was 1.5 percent in 2012, up a fraction from 1.3 percent in 2011 but sharply higher than the 0.2 percent observed in 2005. Texting in 2012 was highest among 16-24 year-olds, at 3 ...
Driver cellphone and texting bans in the United States: evidence of ...
1 Mar 2025 at 8:14am
With regard to the effects of bans on crashes, 11 peer-reviewed papers or technical reports of all-driver hand-held phone bans and texting bans were reviewed. Some were single-state studies examining crash measures before and after a state ban; other national or multi-state studies compared crashes in states with and without bans over time.
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15 May 2025 at 5:37pm
Using a cellphone while driving increases crash risk. Researchers have consistently linked texting or otherwise manipulating a cellphone to increased risk. Some studies, but not all, have found that talking on a cellphone also increases crash risk. Cellphones and texting aren?t the only things that can distract drivers.
Electronic device laws - IIHS-HLDI
15 May 2025 at 12:05am
Footnotes. Footnote 1 Alabama specifically prohibits distracted driving, defined as crossing in and out of a traffic lane without using a turn signal, swerving, or otherwise driving in a manner indicative of impairment while holding or supporting a device or while texting.
Searching for answers to the problem of distracted driving - IIHS-HLDI
14 May 2025 at 12:56am
Texting still appears to be on the rise. The percentage of drivers texting or visibly manipulating hand-held devices was 1.5 percent in 2012, up a fraction from 1.3 percent in 2011 but sharply higher than the 0.2 percent observed in 2005. Texting in 2012 was highest among 16-24 year-olds, at 3 percent.
More sweeping cellphone laws reduce crash rates - IIHS-HLDI
14 May 2025 at 3:26am
Bans on holding a cellphone while driving, rather than just talking and texting, reduced crash rates in Oregon and Washington but not California. The difference may lie in the specific wording of the laws.
Highway Loss Data Institute Bulletin - IIHS-HLDI
13 May 2025 at 6:29pm
lion in 2000 to more than 150 billion in 2009) coupled with highly publicized reports that texting while driving may increase crash risk by 23 times (Olson et al., 2009). The purpose of the research reported in this Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) bulletin was to determine whether the laws banning text messaging are reducing collision claims.
IIHS Status Report newsletter, Vol. 54, No. 1, January 24, 2019
9 May 2025 at 1:45am
Talking not texting accounts for most phone use, drivers say D rivers say they use their smartphones more often for calls than for texting, or reading or sending emails, a na-tionwide survey of smartphone users by IIHS indicates. IIHS in January to March 2018 surveyed adult drivers who own smartphones to see how they use them while driving. Eighty
National reported patterns of driver cell phone use in the United States
23 Mar 2025 at 2:22pm
Thirteen percent of drivers reported some texting while driving, and this percentage was highest among drivers ages 18-24 (43%). Twelve percent of drivers in states with all-driver texting bans reported texting while driving, compared with 14 percent in states with no texting ban.
Bans reduce phone use, but what about crashes? - IIHS-HLDI
10 May 2025 at 7:59pm
A new HLDI analysis indicates that even with strong enforcement, cellphone and texting bans aren't reducing crashes reported to insurers. New York in 2001 became the first state to bar all drivers from talking on a hand-held phone while driving. Currently, 14 states and the District of Columbia restrict all drivers from using a hand-held cellphone.
IIHS Status Report newsletter, Vol. 49, No. 8, October 24, 2014 - IIHS-HLDI
21 Apr 2025 at 10:20am
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates. Texting still appears to be on the rise. The percentage of drivers texting or visibly manipu-lating hand-held devices was 1.5 percent in 2012, up a fraction from 1.3 percent in 2011 but sharply higher than the 0.2 percent observed in 2005. Texting in 2012 was highest among 16-24 year-olds, at 3 ...
Driver cellphone and texting bans in the United States: evidence of ...
1 Mar 2025 at 8:14am
With regard to the effects of bans on crashes, 11 peer-reviewed papers or technical reports of all-driver hand-held phone bans and texting bans were reviewed. Some were single-state studies examining crash measures before and after a state ban; other national or multi-state studies compared crashes in states with and without bans over time.
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