Lytx’s fourth “State of the Data” report on vehicle fleets shows drivers using the company’s safety program experienced fewer collisions in 2021. However, the data also identifies top increased risky behaviors including cellphone distraction.
April 28, 2022
Displaying death counts on highway message boards causes 4.5% more crashes within approximately 6 miles.
April 28, 2022
OrigoSafeDriver launched its latest cell phone safety solution to prevent distracted driving on the Geotab Marketplace.
March 9, 2021
Trooper in a Truck, a joint effort between the Illinois Trucking Association and Illinois State Police, helped officers curb distracted driving in the state in early July.
July 16, 2019
More than 90% of commercial drivers believe that reading a text while behind the wheel of their company vehicle is considered distracted driving, yet nearly half of those drivers say they have done it.
March 28, 2019
Roads with the highest observed cell phone use from commercial drivers in 2018 were located in the Los Angeles port complex, Tennessee's second largest city of Memphis, and Irving, Texas, according to a new study by video telematics and analytics provider Lytx.
February 25, 2019
Several cities are responding to what they view as lax state legislation by passing their own distracted driving laws. Three states in the nation still allow texting while driving and only 16 have adopted hands-free laws, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association.
February 12, 2019
A new multi-solution platform is designed to prevent drivers from using smartphones while driving using a combination of software and device tracking.
January 7, 2019
Distracted driving-related collisions are up to 49% more severe when they occur on a highway system, indicating that modifying roadway design could improve safety in distracted driving crashes.
November 29, 2018
"Every Second Matters," an educational event series for the public and designed to curtail distracted driving, kicked off in Hartford, Conn. on Sept. 25, with several future events planned in the U.S. and Canada.
September 25, 2018
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety teamed with University of Utah psychology researchers to measure driver distraction levels associated with giving voice commands to control electronics and update social media. Here's a report on the two recent studies. For the full story, click here.
October 9, 2014
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