The distracted driving epidemic is worse than you think

Jon Furniss/Invision/AP While tough laws and public service campaigns have largely convinced drivers of the dangers of getting behind the wheel while drunk or riding in a car without a seatbelt, it appears that Americans are not getting the message when it comes to the dangers posed by smartphone use while on the road. Drivers […]

Half of car crashes involve people distracted by mobile phones – study

Driving data of more than 100,000 vehicle operators show that half of car crashes involved a driver distracted by a phone at some point in the trip, while one in four drivers used a phone within a minute of a crash, according to a new study. In coordination with Distracted Driving Awareness Month, Cambridge Mobile […]

Dutch town adds ‘Lightlines’ to alert distracted pedestrians

A city in the Netherlands is the latest to give distracted smartphone users an extra heads-up in the crosswalk. A pilot project in the city of Bodegraven called +Lightlines (or +Lichtlijn in Dutch) is the latest take on in-ground sidewalk crossing signals and it puts a bright, laser-like strip of green and red LEDs right […]