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 […]
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Tesla is getting dangerously distracted (TSLA)
AP Photo/Noah Berger The risk of overconfidence for Tesla is now at its highest point since the company was founded. The business news cycle for weeks has been dominated by the carmaker’s surging market cap, which at about $ 48 billion has passed both Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Ford. For a brief period, Tesla also […]
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 […]