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driver awareness

Teens in the Driver Seat Aims at Promoting Safer Driving in 100 New High Schools Nationwide in 2015

December 1, 2014

The No. 1 killer of U.S. teenagers is automobile crashes, especially during their first — and most inexperienced — year of driving. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) program and State Farm® are enhancing their longstanding and successful relationship to prevent these tragedies. State Farm recently provided $350,000 in grant […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 50, Number 4 Tagged With: driver awareness, safety, Teens in the Driver Seat

Texas Drivers Report Improvements in Some Safety Behaviors

March 1, 2014

Survey also tracks awareness of safety programs, campaigns TEXAS DRIVERS in 2013 were slightly less inclined to report they exceeded speed limits or talked on a cell phone while driving than they were the previous year, according to recent research. In the study, funded annually by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) since 2010, the […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 50, Number 1 Tagged With: distracted driving, driver awareness, driving behavior, driving while intoxicated, safety, seat-belt use, speeding, survey, traffic safety laws

It’s Confirmed: Driving’s a Full-Time Job — How Texting Impairs Driving Performance

September 1, 2011

Researchers and safety advocates have known for years that driving performance worsens when the driver is texting. Now we know just how much worse.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 47, Number 3 Tagged With: distracted driving, driver awareness, driving performance, texting

TTI Studies Increased Crash Rates Along the DFW Connector

September 1, 2011

Take a dynamic work zone that can change daily. Add distracted drivers. What do you get?

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 47, Number 3 Tagged With: distracted driving, driver awareness, work zone

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