Tag Archives: Distracted Driving
FDA: Lower Ambien’s Dose to Prevent Drowsy Driving
On Wednesday, May 15, The FDA approved a new, lower-dose labeling for the popular sleep -->
Drive First App by Sprint – Prevent Distracted Driving
Sprint currently provides an app that can help ease the mind of parents with teenage -->
Track Your Teens’ Driving Habits
There’s an app for that. Researchers from the University of North Carolina found that the -->
Stop The Texts. Stop The Wrecks.
The Shocking Truth: Distracted driving is the number one killer in American teens. Five seconds -->
Crash Hospitalizes Pine Bush Woman; Driver Faces DWI
A Pine Bush man was charged with driving while intoxicated on Monday in Bullville, Town -->
Driver Charged in Fatal Crash on Route 9W
A Poughkeepsie man, Francisco Vasquez-Cruz, faces a vehicular manslaughter charge following a crash in Highland -->
Teen Drinking & Driving: A Dangerous Mix
Nearly one million high school teens drank and drove in 2011. Teens are 3 times -->
Voice-To-Text Just As Dangerous As Texting
A new study shows that using voice – i.e. Siri on the iPhone – to -->
Safety Agency Backs Limits to Car Devices
In an effort to reduce the risk of distracted driving, The National Highway Traffic Safety -->
NY Thruway Troopers Stepping Up & Cracking Down On Texting & Driving
NY State Thruway Troopers will be stepping up patrols to catch motorists using their cell -->
Indictment: Driver Who Hit New Windsor Pedestrian Was On Drugs
A 35 year old man, Arsen Berezhansky, of the Bronx, was arraigned Friday in Orange -->
Did You Know…
drowsy driving is a factor in one in six vehicle accidents? 14% of drivers ages -->
Student Killed While Texting & Driving – His Final Text Revealed to Help Deter Others
A 22-year old University of Northern Colorado student, Alexander Heit, was texting and driving when -->
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month: Tips for Moms Driving Safely This Month
1 in 10 new moms have been in a crash with their baby, according to -->
Impaired Driving: Get The Facts
According to an article by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every day 30 -->
Drowsy Driving: 1 in 25 Fall Asleep at the Wheel According to CDC Report
An article from End Distracted Driving (www.enddd.org) states that according to the Center for Disease -->
Teen Driving – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
According to this article from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, young drivers, ages 15-20 -->
Eliminate Distracted Driving
What is Distracted Driving? Distracted driving is any non-driving activity a person engages in that -->
Editorial: Young Moms Show High Rate of Distracted Driving
A report by the Herald-Dispatch on January 25, 2013 states that young mothers tend to -->
Smartphone App for Parents Whose Kids Are Driving
We recently came across Canary, an iPhone and Android app promoting the dangers of texting -->