Download or read book Distracted Driving Epidemic written by Marv Berkowitz and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distracted driving characterized by texting, talking, reading & sending emails, taking selfies has reached epidemic level on our roads & highways. CDC reports that US had highest crash rate compared with 19 other industrialized countries. Aggressive driving also on increase. For many drivers, tail gating speed limits, stop and yield signs have become suggestions. Driver habits and attitudes have to change to reduce the carnage we are experiencing. Also increasing are pedestrian, bike & motorcycle crashes. WHO estimates over 1,000,000 deaths per year, globally. Fathers Against Distracted Driving (FADD), is dedicated to changing habits/attitudes thereby"Reducing the deaths, injuries and economic losses due to Distracted Driving-website: fadd.info
Download or read book One Split Second written by Vijay Dixit and published by Wisdom Editions. This book was released on 2016-02-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addiction to cell phones has made distracted driving a national epidemic. State patrol officers who deal with crashes every day see the phone as the new "open bottle" in the car that makes drivers impaired and dangerous. Add phones and other devices to the many types of distraction we already face--from tuning the radio to drinking coffee behind the wheel--and we have a crisis. But this crisis can be totally avoided if drivers make the right choice, the safe choice. One Split Second can help drivers make that best choice. This book is a one-of-a-kind resource that brings together real-life stories, facts and figures, fascinating research about our behavior behind the wheel, and expert perspectives on how we can end the distraction epidemic. It is a book no driver can live without.
Download or read book One Split Second written by Vijay Dixit and published by Wisdom Editions. This book was released on 2022-12-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addiction to cell phones has made distracted driving a national epidemic. State patrol officers who deal with crashes every day see the phone as the new "open bottle" in the car that makes drivers impaired and dangerous. Add phones and other devices to the many types of distraction we already face--from tuning the radio to drinking coffee behind the wheel--and we have a crisis. But this crisis can be totally avoided if drivers make the right choice, the safe choice. One Split Second can help drivers make that best choice. This book is a one-of-a-kind resource that brings together real-life stories, facts and figures, fascinating research about our behavior behind the wheel, and expert perspectives on how we can end the distraction epidemic. It is a book no driver can live without.
Download or read book Distracted Driving written by James Guerro and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To get distracted is human -- and there are so many possible things to do in a vehicle today besides actually driving it. All of them can lead to huge costs and losses. How do you solve this problem that only seems to be getting worse? You could start with this: there's technology to save us from the technology that distracts us, but it's far more than that. That's because drivers aren't only getting distracted with smartphones, GPS settings, infotainment systems or other tech items in their vehicles, although those are a large source of distraction. A driver might just be having a bad day or zone out and their mind drifts onto something other than the task that should be at hand. This is a book every driver should own to avoid misfortunes. Contents of this book: PART 1: Moments of Truth Chapter 1: Paradise Lost Chapter 2: A New Journey - Launching Our Foundation Chapter 3: Therapy Is a Two-Way Street - Michael's Story PART 2: Working Knowledge Chapter 4: The Distraction Epidemic Chapter 5: Combating Distraction with Technology Chapter 6: Outlawing distractions - Just the Ticket or Not Enough? Chapter 7: Changing Hearts and Minds - "Learning" Our Way Out of Distraction Chapter 8: We Can Change the World Appendix Interviewees Endnotes
Download or read book Distracted Driving is an Epidemic written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Distracted Driving written by Angela Durant and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The purpose of this study is to collect and analyze feedback regarding distracted driving behaviors"--Page 2.
Download or read book Distracted Driving written by Toney Allman and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to a Triple-A poll, 94 percent of teen drivers understand the dangers of texting while driving. The U.S. Department of Transportation states that in 2014, 3,179 people were killed in motor vehicle accidents involving distracted drivers. This important volume focuses on the issue of distracted driving. The book describes exactly what distracted driving is and how to prevent it. It provides several anecdotes describing various distracted driving behavior.
Download or read book One for the Road written by Barron H. Lerner and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-10-14 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t drink and drive. It's a deceptively simple rule, but one that is all too often ignored. And while efforts to eliminate drunk driving have been around as long as automobiles, every movement to keep drunks from driving has hit some alarming bumps in the road. Barron H. Lerner narrates the two strong—and vocal—sides to this debate in the United States: those who argue vehemently against drunk driving, and those who believe the problem is exaggerated and overregulated. A public health professor and historian of medicine, Lerner asks why these opposing views exist, examining drunk driving in the context of American beliefs about alcoholism, driving, individualism, and civil liberties. Angry and bereaved activist leaders and advocacy groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving campaign passionately for education and legislation, but even as people continue to be killed, many Americans remain unwilling to take stronger steps to address the problem. Lerner attributes this attitude to Americans’ love of drinking and love of driving, an inadequate public transportation system, the strength of the alcohol lobby, and the enduring backlash against Prohibition. The stories of people killed and maimed by drunk drivers are heartrending, and the country’s routine rejection of reasonable strategies for ending drunk driving is frustratingly inexplicable. This book is a fascinating study of the culture of drunk driving, grassroots and professional efforts to stop it, and a public that has consistently challenged and tested the limits of individual freedom. Why, despite decades and decades of warnings, do people still choose to drive while intoxicated? One for the Road provides crucial historical lessons for understanding the old epidemic of drunk driving and the new epidemic of distracted driving.
Download or read book Cell Phones and Distracted Driving written by Sidney C. Houghton and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distracted driving is a behavior dangerous to drivers, passengers, and non-occupants alike. Distraction is a specific type of inattention that occurs when drivers divert their attention from the driving task to focus on some other activity instead. Of those people killed in distraction-affected crashes, 408 occurred in crashes in which at least one of the drivers was using a cell phone (13% of fatalities in distraction-affected crashes) at the time of the crash. Use of a cell phone includes talking/listening to a cell phone, dialing/texting a cell phone, or other cell-phone-related activities. In keeping with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's distraction plan (Overview of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Driver Distraction Program, April 2010, DOT HS 811 299), the agency continues to refine collection of information about the role of distracted driving in police-reported crashes. This book examines data gathered on specific distracting activities to support the development of safety countermeasures and to conduct improved data analysis.
Download or read book Cell Phones and Distracted Driving written by Gail Barbara Stewart and published by Referencepoint Press. This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cell phones, while providing an easy means communication, have been cited as the cause of thousands of deadly driving accidents throughout the United States. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full-color illustrations, this title examines The Distractions of Driving, The Science of Distraction, Cell Phones and the Law, Have Laws Reduced Cell Phone Distraction? Other Efforts to Reduce Cell Phone Use by Drivers.
Download or read book Distracted Driving Crosses the Line written by Vincent Carbone and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distracted driving has become an epidemic on the roads today. It has become an accepted practice in our culture to multi-task while driving. This is a story of the Carbone family's journey with the tragic consequences of someone else's poor choices while driving. Vinny Carbone shares his journey through his many surgeries and recovery. He struggles to piece his life back with some sense of wholeness. He shares honestly about his struggles with suffering, loss and anger. The most challenging part of his journey is dealing with injustice. How does he begin to put his life together and move on in a healthy way?
Download or read book Right of Way written by Angie Schmitt and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The face of the pedestrian safety crisis looks a lot like Ignacio Duarte-Rodriguez. The 77-year old grandfather was struck in a hit-and-run crash while trying to cross a high-speed, six-lane road without crosswalks near his son’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. He was one of the more than 6,000 people killed while walking in America in 2018. In the last ten years, there has been a 50 percent increase in pedestrian deaths. The tragedy of traffic violence has barely registered with the media and wider culture. Disproportionately the victims are like Duarte-Rodriguez—immigrants, the poor, and people of color. They have largely been blamed and forgotten. In Right of Way, journalist Angie Schmitt shows us that deaths like Duarte-Rodriguez’s are not unavoidable “accidents.” They don’t happen because of jaywalking or distracted walking. They are predictable, occurring in stark geographic patterns that tell a story about systemic inequality. These deaths are the forgotten faces of an increasingly urgent public-health crisis that we have the tools, but not the will, to solve. Schmitt examines the possible causes of the increase in pedestrian deaths as well as programs and movements that are beginning to respond to the epidemic. Her investigation unveils why pedestrians are dying—and she demands action. Right of Way is a call to reframe the problem, acknowledge the role of racism and classism in the public response to these deaths, and energize advocacy around road safety. Ultimately, Schmitt argues that we need improvements in infrastructure and changes to policy to save lives. Right of Way unveils a crisis that is rooted in both inequality and the undeterred reign of the automobile in our cities. It challenges us to imagine and demand safer and more equitable cities, where no one is expendable.
Download or read book Distracted Driving written by Stefan Kiesbye and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These books provide a range of opinions on a social issue; each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives, e.g., eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper accounts, to illuminate the issue.; This edition in the At Issue series examines the topic of distracted driving. The title explores the seriousness of the distracted driving problem in the United States, the impact of cell phone use and texting on driving effectiveness, and other potential; Greenhaven Press's At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Enhancing critical thinking skills, each At Issue volume is an excellent research tool to help readers understand current social issues and prepare reports.
Download or read book Cell Phones and Distracted Driving written by Sidney C. Houghton and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distracted driving is a behaviour dangerous to drivers, passengers, and non-occupants alike. Distraction is a specific type of inattention that occurs when drivers divert their attention from the driving task to focus on some other activity instead. This book examines data gathered on specific distracting activities to support the development of safety countermeasures and to conduct improved data analysis.
Download or read book Addressing the Problem of Distracted Driving written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Distracted Driving and Driver Roadway and Environmental Factors written by Santokh Singh and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NHTSA conducted the National Motor Vehicle Crash Causation Survey (NMVCCS) to collect on-scene information on several crash factors, including the ones related to driver inattention. The NMVCCS data was used in this study to look at two facets of distracted driving, namely distraction from sources within the vehicle and non-driving cognitive activities, as associated factors.
Download or read book How Serious is Teen Drunk and Distracted Driving written by Patricia D. Netzley and published by Referencepoint Press. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies show that 20 percent of teen drivers involved in a fatal crash had consumed alcohol prior to the crash, and 11 percent of teen drivers who killed someone in a crash cited distracted driving as the reason for the accident. Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines What are the Origins of Concerns About Teens¿ Drunk and Distracted Driving? How Do Cell Phones Affect Teens¿ Driving Habits?Are Teen Drivers More Susceptible to Distractions? What Can Convince Teens Not to Drink and Drive? Are More Laws Needed to Fight Distracted Driving?
