Distracted Driving

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Distracted Driving

Driver distractions can be dangerous for passengers, and also other vehicles on the road. Below are some resources about distracted driving, and training related to reducing the practice.

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety's Countermeasures for Distracted Driving: An Exploration Beyond the Scientific Literature, 2024

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety's Distracted Driving in America, 2022

Automotive Fleet's Understanding and Avoiding Distracted Driving, 2019, Distracted Driving - Managing Inattentional Blindness, 2021, and How Distraction Affects a Driver's Safety, 2024

Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program's (BTSCRP) Influence of Infrastructure Design on Distracted Driving and Using Electronic Devices While Driving: Legislation and Enforcement Implications, 2021, and Developing Employer-Based Behavioral Traffic Safety Programs for Drivers in the Workplace, 2022

Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) State Laws on Distracted Driving - Ban on Hand-Held Devices and Texting While Driving, 2021

Business Fleet's 10 Ways to Minimize Distracted Driving, 2018

Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) Curbing Transit Operator Distracted Driving training video, 2015

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Distracted Driving resources for motor carrier operators, 2013

Governors Highway Safety Association's Distracted Driving Laws by State, 2023

Government Fleet's How to Enforce Your Distracted Driving Policy, 2020

Illinois Center for Transportation Distracted Driving: A Literature Review, 2020

Louisiana Transportation Research Center's Distracted Driving: Strategies and State of the Practices, 2019

Mineta Transportation Institute's How do Environmental Factors Affect Drivers’ Gaze and Head Movements? 2021

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Distracted Driving Enforcement Demonstrations: Lessons Learned, 2020

National RTAP's 2 the Point Distracted Driving Training Cards, 2018, and Safety Training in Rural Transit (START) Training Module, 2018

National Safety Council (NSC) Distracted Driving resources

National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) Eliminate Distracted Driving, 2022

New York Public Transit Association (NYPTA) The Impact of Cellphones, Texting, Fatigue and Prescribed Medicines on Driver Safe t y webinar, 2012

OSHA's Distracted Driving Flyer, 2012

Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center's Distracted Driving is Hazardous Driving, 2021

Smith System's 10 Distracted Driving Statistics and Facts That All Drivers Must Know, 2021

Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Transit Bus Operator Distraction Policies, 2013

Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Laws and Safety Efforts Can Prevent Distracted Driving, 2022

University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies' Understanding Roadway Safety in American Indian Reservations: Perceptions and Management of Risk by Community, Tribal Governments, and Other Safety Leaders, 2018

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Distracted Driving Topic Guide

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Distracted Driving

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