Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Distracted Driving

CDC: Americans Drive Distracted Waaaay More Than Europeans

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 15, 2013 | 10 Comments

If you’ve been on a U.S. street anytime in the past few years, it comes as no surprise to hear that way too many Americans are yammering away on their cell phones — or worse, OMG’ing and LOL’ing with their friends on text and email — while driving. A new report from the CDC — […]

In New NHTSA Report, Scarce Information on Causes of Pedestrian Deaths

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 7, 2012 | 7 Comments

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported last December that while overall traffic fatalities in the United States dropped in 2010, pedestrian deaths rose higher – up four percent in 2010 over 2009. Yesterday, the agency released some more detailed statistics about those crashes [PDF], but the report includes scarcely any data or analysis about the underlying […]

Transpo Bill Rumor: DeFazio Says Conference Committee ‘Gutted’ Bike/Ped

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 27, 2012 | No Comments

Here’s the latest transpo bill news that has filtered through the tight little seams in the armor around the conference committee. First of all, the House voted last night on the two motions to instruct we mentioned last week: Rep. Diane Black’s criminally bad idea to cancel out important incentives for states to enact distracted […]

Deal Imminent?

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 21, 2012 | No Comments

We’re hearing reports that a deal on the surface transportation bill is imminent. We’ll let you know when we hear more. Could it be that the Walz Motion to Instruct lit a fire under the conferees? Three more motions are about to be voted on, assuming peace doesn’t break out first. One, sponsored by Rep. […]

Audio: Chris Wallace Caught Doing Interview via Cell Phone While Driving

By Ben Goldman | Jun 18, 2012 | No Comments

Last Thursday, Fox News commentator Chris Wallace was interrupted in the middle of a radio interview with KFTK, a St. Louis talk radio station, when one of D.C.’s finest gave him some fair and balanced treatment for driving while using a handheld cell phone — a practice banned by the District of Columbia in 2004. Huge […]

DOT Issues Voluntary Guidelines for Driver-Distracting Electronics Systems

By Ben Goldman | Feb 21, 2012 | 13 Comments

Distracted driving has become one of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s banner issues under secretary Ray LaHood’s tenure, with agencies launching safety programs and awareness campaigns aimed at preventing the practice. Last week, LaHood stepped into new territory by recommending that cars be built to automatically disable potentially distracting electronic devices when in motion. The […]

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