Distracted driving - IIHS-HLDI
30 Dec 2024 at 11:14am
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
31 Dec 2024 at 10:01am
Distracted driving: Electronic device laws. Making roads and vehicles safer for everyone. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers and safety ...
Searching for answers to the problem of distracted driving - IIHS-HLDI
25 Dec 2024 at 5:32pm
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
29 Dec 2024 at 6:32pm
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
30 Dec 2024 at 4:19am
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.
National reported patterns of driver cell phone use in the United States
18 Oct 2024 at 12:23am
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.
IIHS Status Report newsletter, Vol. 49, No. 8, October 24, 2014 - IIHS-HLDI
28 Dec 2024 at 2:55am
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 ...
IIHS Status Report newsletter, Vol. 54, No. 1, January 24, 2019
28 Dec 2024 at 2:58pm
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
Bans reduce phone use, but what about crashes? - IIHS-HLDI
25 Dec 2024 at 1:00pm
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.
New ways to measure driver cellphone use could yield better data
25 Dec 2024 at 8:03pm
The study found that Virginia drivers were 50 percent more likely to manipulate their phones while stopped at intersections than while traveling on a straight road, for instance. Collected when the vehicle is traveling at 9 mph or faster, the telematics data complement NHTSA?s in-person observations at intersections.
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30 Dec 2024 at 11:14am
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
31 Dec 2024 at 10:01am
Distracted driving: Electronic device laws. Making roads and vehicles safer for everyone. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers and safety ...
Searching for answers to the problem of distracted driving - IIHS-HLDI
25 Dec 2024 at 5:32pm
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
29 Dec 2024 at 6:32pm
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
30 Dec 2024 at 4:19am
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.
National reported patterns of driver cell phone use in the United States
18 Oct 2024 at 12:23am
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.
IIHS Status Report newsletter, Vol. 49, No. 8, October 24, 2014 - IIHS-HLDI
28 Dec 2024 at 2:55am
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 ...
IIHS Status Report newsletter, Vol. 54, No. 1, January 24, 2019
28 Dec 2024 at 2:58pm
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
Bans reduce phone use, but what about crashes? - IIHS-HLDI
25 Dec 2024 at 1:00pm
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.
New ways to measure driver cellphone use could yield better data
25 Dec 2024 at 8:03pm
The study found that Virginia drivers were 50 percent more likely to manipulate their phones while stopped at intersections than while traveling on a straight road, for instance. Collected when the vehicle is traveling at 9 mph or faster, the telematics data complement NHTSA?s in-person observations at intersections.
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