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Distracted Driving * USA - Summit calls for reduction in
(Video -September 29, 2009 - Distracted Driving: Studies show that texting or using a cell-phone while driving is like having a blood-alcohol level of .08%. As Daniel Seiberg reports, despite all the laws and summits, real solution lies in our hands)
Washington,DC,USA -Associated Press, by KEN THOMAS –20 Sept 2010: -- Making sure drivers keep their eyes on the road will require a network of tough laws, enforcement by police and personal responsibility, the government said Tuesday... Obama administration officials said during a second summit on distracted driving that it had made progress in pushing states to target drivers who send text messages and use mobile devices from the road, but too many people are being killed because of inattentive motorists... Thirty states and the District of Columbia prohibit drivers from texting behind the wheel; eight states have passed laws barring drivers from using handheld cell phones. Nearly 5,500 people were killed last year in distracted driving crashes... Legislation is pending in Congress to push all states to ban texting by drivers. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said she was hopeful the Senate would consider the measure before the end of 2010...
* Distracted driving claimed 5,500 lives in 2009
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine -September 20, 2010: -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says driver distraction caused 5,474 deaths and led to 448,000 injuries on U.S. highways in 2009... That number equates to 16 percent of all traffic-related deaths, up from 10 percent just five years ago... U.S. Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, noted that the nearly 5,500 deaths from distracted driving occurred despite overall traffic fatalities being at the lowest level since 1950. Tackling the problem of distraction would push the traffic fatality rate significantly lower... Tuesday's summit will bring together transportation officials, safety groups, law enforcement, researchers, industry representatives, and family members of victims...
* DOT Announces Broader Texting Ban for Hazmat Drivers
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -21 Sept 2010: -- Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, said Tuesday that the federal government would seek to ban text messaging by all drivers hauling hazardous materials... LaHood made the announcement in starting the Department of Transportation's second “distracted driving summit” here... A DOT spokeswoman said that the new proposal was necessary because the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration only has the authority to ban texting by interstate carriers, while the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration can regulate intrastate hazmat carriers... DOT’s rule banning texting by truckers was sent to the White House last week for review...
* UPS Reviewing Driver Cell Phone Use. Comprehensive policy would follow company texting ban earlier this year
Seattle,WA,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by John D. Boyd -Sep 21, 2010: -- UPS said it is preparing to follow its ban on driver texting with a broader policy on use of cell and smart phones while its employees are behind the wheel, in support of federal policies to combat distracted driving... DOT on Jan. 26 announced a ban on sending text messages over cell phones while driving... Also this year, UPS said, it implemented "a ban within its organization on text and e-mail messaging while behind the wheel. The company is reviewing a policy now that would comprehensively address the use of cell phones and smart phones."... Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, thanked UPS "for leading by example and joining us in this critically important effort."... Allen Hill, UPS senior vice president for human resources, said the company "is hardly a newcomer to safe-driving techniques and training." UPS said it spends more than $53 million a year on training, with nearly 1.3 million hours of safety-related instruction... However, he said, "we do see this as a problem of increasing importance" and "it is up to companies like UPS to help deliver" on the goal of saving lives through distracted driver policies... (Photo from wikipedia.org/Archivo: UPS truck)
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