All the headlines from our Distracted Driving Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 29 2016 // Oklahoma has seen a significant decrease in injury traffic accidents involving drivers distracted by an electronic device since a law banning texting and driving went into effect last year.Data from the Oklahoma Highway...
Dec 29 2016 // One third (33 percent) of Canadians admit they have texted while stopped at a red light in the last month, reveals a poll from the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA).That is despite evidence that your mind could still...
Dec 16 2016 // Although small commercial insurance—outside of auto—is a top-line accelerator at The Hartford, auto insurance severity continues hitting the bottom line, say executives who expect a pretax $50 million prior-year...
Dec 5 2016 // Driving my children to school each morning it’s hard not to notice the number of parents attached to their cell phone. While state law prohibits cell phone use in school zones and city law prohibits cell phone use...
Nov 29 2016 // A program to educate teens about distracted driving—including a tour of a hospital trauma center and testimony from a trauma survivor—can increase awareness of the dangers of texting, cell phone use, and other...
Nov 28 2016 // U.S. highway safety officials called on smartphone makers to add features that would keep motorists from using functions linked to a surge in deaths due to distracted driving, a proposal that drew immediate opposition from...
Nov 3 2016 // Tulsa, Okla., police say a modest number of citations have been issued in the first year after Oklahoma banned texting and driving.The Tulsa World reports 75 citations were issued by the police department between Nov. 1,...
Oct 18 2016 // American teens who use their smartphones when they’re behind the wheel are also more likely to participate in other dangerous driving behaviors, like speeding, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or...
Oct 3 2016 // Kansas has launched a campaign against texting while driving that includes a contest for university fans.The Kansas Department of Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer announced the campaign, Don’t Text #Just Drive,...
Sep 22 2016 // Kansas has launched a campaign against texting while driving that includes a contest for university fans.The Kansas Department of Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer announced the campaign. The campaign’s message,...
Sep 2 2016 // Ohio Mutual Insurance Group plans to offer its policyholders distracted driving technology from Cellcontrol to help reduce distracted driving claims.Cellcontrol is a combination hardware device and software. A toll booth...
Aug 26 2016 // Social media and FOMO (fear of missing out) could be putting road-users at risk, as motorists admit to checking social networking sites and reading messages on their phones while driving, according to UK insurer Aviva.A...
Aug 15 2016 // Tesla said last week that one of its cars had crashed in Beijing while in ‘autopilot’ mode, with the driver contending sales staff sold the function as ‘self-driving’, overplaying its actual...
Jul 25 2016 // We have all seen the stories in the news. After many years of a declining trend in the number of accidents, the number of accidents has spiked in the last two years. Insurers have an opportunity to educate the public and...
Jul 15 2016 // Driving while talking on a hands-free phone can be as distracting as talking on a hand-held mobile, according to researchers at the University of Sussex in England.“A popular misconception is that using a mobile...
Jul 12 2016 // Two recent crashes on the same road in Indiana’s Elkhart County highlight the dangers of distracted driving accidents involving motor vehicles and horse-drawn buggies.On May 29, a 17-year-old girl who rear-ended a...
Jul 11 2016 // The number of California drivers using cellphones is rising, as are deaths and injuries blamed on distracted driving.The California Office of Traffic Safety reported in late June that nearly 13 percent of drivers were seen...
Jul 6 2016 // The number of people killed or injured in accidents caused by use of electronic devices doubled in Iowa last year.Fourteen people were killed statewide in 2015, compared to seven the previous year, according to the Globe...
Jun 24 2016 // The number of California drivers using cellphones is rising, as are deaths and injuries blamed on distracted driving.The California Office of Traffic Safety reported this week that nearly 13 percent of drivers were seen...
Jun 20 2016 // Seattle-based PEMCO Insurance announced that nearly half of Northwest drivers admit they illegally use their phones while driving – and a majority do it because they don’t think it’s “too...