Distracted Driver

[EndDD.org @end_dd]

Make undistracted driving an expectation not an assumption. Speak up and #endDD

@Safe_Roads @ItCanWait @RoadToZeroUS @NHTSAgov @GHSAHQ

#drivesafe #safedriving #distractionfree #speakup #driveforthem #dontdrivedistracted #roadsafety #arrivesafe

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

Surely the first year of #penalties for violating #HandheldBan in #Arizona,#Virginia,and #Idaho prevented #RoadDeaths/fatalities, and reduced injuries and #DistractedDriving!
...look forward to these data soon!
#prevention #PublicHealth #RoadSafety #PutItDown #DistractedDriver

[Hands Free Guy @HandsFreeInfo]

Motorists have been warned. Now they'll be fined. New distracted driving penalties in effect in Virginia, Arizona and Idaho. Details: https://t.co/1ui2nz3rnT

[INDOT @INDOT]

Today, July 1, 2020, Indiana’s Hands-Free law is in effect. You may not hold or use a telecommunications device while operating a motor vehicle unless it is accompanied by hands-free technology. Visit https://t.co/CHvD4JcQDR for more. #HandsFreeIN

[GHSA @GHSAHQ]

NOTE TO MEDIA: When writing about traffic safety, please use the term "crash," not "accident." It's more accurate. "Accident" suggests something unforeseen & that no one is to blame. Motor vehicle crashes are predictable results of specific actions. #CrashNotAccident #DriveSafe

[Boston Police Dept. @bostonpolice]

Hands-Free While Driving Scheduled to Take Effect on February 23, 2020! https://t.co/SujLJkmVb4

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

#Massachusetts handheld ban is signed!
Law goes into effect in 90 days (23FEB.2020), but through March 2020 police may only issue a warning to a #DistractedDriver for a first offense.
#DistractedDriving #RoadSafety #HandheldBan

[Shira Schoenberg @shiraschoenberg]

Massachusetts becomes 16th state to ban hand-held cellphone use while driving https://t.co/mYzenOvuzE

[Shira Schoenberg @shiraschoenberg]

Senate sends bill banning handheld cell phone use while driving to Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk https://t.co/RJxiZl2twK

[Safe Roads Alliance @Safe_Roads]

We are so grateful to see a FINAL hands-free bill in Mass. House will vote today, Senate tomorrow, and then on to @Massgov Thank you @joeboncore Chairman Straus, @repwagner @WBrownsberger @SenatorTran @repWhelan for releasing the final bill. https://t.co/Mh0L7DxNHx

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

Great (long) read from @Guardian's #TheLongRead:
https://t.co/7L0t8yTZGq
Collision course: why are cars killing more and more pedestrians?
#RoadDeaths #TrafficFatalities #PedestrianDeaths #pedestrians
#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #RoadSafety
#DistractedDriving #DistractedDriver

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

Way to go #Minnesota!
#DistractedDriving #HandheldBan #HandsFree #RoadSafety
...refreshing: #Bipartisan support can, in fact, exist in #USpolitics -- WOW!

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

Our first priority is the safety and security of Minnesotans. Today I was proud to sign a bill that does just that.

The bipartisan “hands-free” cell phone bill bans the use of hand-held cell phones while driving, aiming to reduce distracted driving and save lives. #mnleg #mngov

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

no whammies!

[Safe Roads Alliance @Safe_Roads]

@SpeakerDeLeo finally states that the House will vote on #HandsFree this session. Please let's get this passed this year, let's not wait any longer. Thank you @repwagner @repdonato & Rep Straus for your leadership on this long-awaited public safety bill https://t.co/ih43N6ZhWs

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

@NTSB calls on #California to lead way with a #UniversalBan (#BeyondHandsFree) for all drivers (no devices) at #CHP event for #DistrctedDrivingAwarenessMonth
#DistractedDriving

[The Sacramento Bee @sacbee_news]

“Hands-free is not risk-free,” officials said at the kickoff of Distracted Driving Awareness Month at Sacramento State. https://t.co/FOPJLKwGkA

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

Booooo

[VPM @myVPM]

#WCVEnews' @ByRobertoR has more on #VAGeneralAssembly House Speaker Cox killing the last-ditch effort to pass a hands-free driving bill. Cox ruled Gov. Northam's amendment expanding hands-free driving was not germane, essentially preventing a vote on it. https://t.co/xf8qIOz8CA

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

HouseSpeaker Kirk Cox single-handedly squashes chance at #Virginia #HandheldBan in 2019
#CoxBlocked vote on an amendment that would've improved #RoadSafety-focused enforcement to prevent #DistractedDriving #crashes and associated #RoadDeaths & #injuries
https://t.co/2KLNvlr9Zn

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

#BackFromTheDead: 2019 #HandsFree #DistractedDriving legislation in #Virginia
Last month BOTH HB2273 & SB1341 passed, but got played (somehow derailed)
#HandheldBan for ALL drivers IF GovNortham amendment to SB1768 passes April3 VetoSession
#KeepItUp:@DRIVESMARTVA @AAAMidAtlantic

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

Backseat Police Officers(#prevention-power of #kids/#children):
https://t.co/51RNpnEZ3O
Preschoolers in #Tucson get educated on dangers of cellphone-related #DistractedDriving with #XtheTXT campaign to become and prevent parents and other caregivers from being a #DistractedDriver

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

@walshpj Thanks for this story. Wondering whether article's TITLE - "A Twin Cities family forgives: Nebraska judge gives 6-month term to trucker who killed 5" - should reflect that Weekly's #DistractedDriving cost six lives, not just the five (entire Pals family), no?
@StarTribune

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

@CTMirror (Many thanks!) Link to share for the study?
"Last year, before the enforcement period began, 8 percent of drivers were using handheld mobile phones, according to an observational study performed by Preusser Research Group. After the enforcement period ended, only 6.4 percent..."

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

...a joy to read: https://t.co/yybzvKdMgN
@ibogost offers #commentary on #tech, #behavior, and #law's role to effect behavior-change from the latest state to go #HandsFree
#Georgia “Hands-Free Law" #HB763
#DistractedDriving #HandHeldBan #Technology

[Distracted Driver @dstrctD_Drvr]

Too narrowly focused on texting, #Pennsylvania's #DistractedDriving law is weak, nearly impossible to enforce. Like neighbor-states (DE, MD, NJ, NY), PA police know #HandheldBan is fix to allow them to do their job, reduce #crashes, and prevent injuries & deaths
#RoadSafety https://t.co/KMaf4CJUP5

[Justine McDaniel @McDanielJustine]

There are 9 million drivers in PA, but only about 8 tickets a day are given out for texting & driving. Police acknowledge that they don't hand out many citations- & say it's b/c the law is too weak. "The way the law is written, it kind of ties our hands." https://t.co/VZWVZVAkgm