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texting and driving

Texans Texting Behind the Wheel: What’s the Answer When Wrong Is Not Enough?

August 30, 2019

By Katie Womack Texans, by and large, think texting and driving is bad and that it shouldn’t be allowed. But for most, those views haven’t changed their own habits behind the wheel. Texas legislators passed a law in 2017 that bans texting while driving, but allows drivers to use their phones for things like directions […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cell Phone, Katie Womack, texting and driving, What We're Thinking

TTI’s Toyota Project Aims to Proactively Detect Driver Stress, Vehicle Errors

June 1, 2016

Can driver stress levels and abnormal vehicle operations be detected and measured to help prevent crashes? Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers and members of its multidisciplinary, multi-institution team have completed the second year of a three-year project looking at that question. So far, the answer seems to be a resounding “yes.” The TTI project […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 52, Number 2 Tagged With: countermeasures, human behavior, texting and driving, transportation safety, vehicle behavior

New Study: “Other Drivers” Are a Bigger Threat on the Road

April 21, 2014

Three-fourths of Texas drivers in a recent survey say they have talked on a cell phone behind the wheel within the past month, about the same number as those who reported speeding. Nearly half say they have texted while driving, slightly more than the number who ran a stop sign or red light. Financial services […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cell phone study, distracted driving, driving behavior, texting and driving

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