Autonomous Car Technology is Immune to Distraction
With distracted driving and safety in mind, carmakers and tech companies have worked to keep drivers from checking their phones.
Voice activation, for instance, lets a driver watch the road instead of dealing with buttons or touch-screen icons.
The most effective safety features may be the advanced driver-assistance technology that is laying the foundation for autonomous cars.
“These systems don’t care if you’re looking at the radio or engaged in conversation,” said Ian Reagan, senior research scientist at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Read the article at The New York Times.
Sharp Rise in Tickets and Insurance Rates for Distracted Driving
Tickets issued for distracted driving are on the rise, and so is the price increase for your insurance premium.
Drivers cited for distracted driving eight years ago could expect to see their premiums rise just $2 a year. Now, prices will jump $290 or 19%. Across the country, penalties for distracted driving range from just $87 in some states to $762 in others (5.5% to 56%). In some cities, the penalty nears $1,700.
In comparison, the average penalty increase for all other violations including speeding, running a red light, or a hit-and-run was just 34% (or $494) from 2011 to 2018, and averaged 3% from one year to the next.
Read the article at The Detroit Bureau.
Understanding How Marijuana Affects Driving
In recent years, drug-impaired driving has become a major highway safety issue.
Though 33 states have changed their laws regarding marijuana, it’s still illegal everywhere to drive impaired by the drug.
NHTSA has teamed up with the Ad Council to launch the drug-impaired-driving prevention campaign, If You Feel Different, You Drive Different.
The hope is to change the cultural conversation around driving after using marijuana, to make it as socially unacceptable as driving drunk.
Read the article at NHTSA.
Negligent Entrustment: Ignorance Is Not Bliss or an Excuse
By Amber Wuollet, Manager of Marketing, SuperVision
Picture this scenario: It’s nearing the end of the work day and it has been a productive, but uneventful day — thank goodness — and you’re almost ready to head home for a well-earned evening of relaxation.
Just as you’re getting ready to walk out the door, you get a phone call. One of your drivers rear-ended another vehicle on his way back to the office.
As you put the fleet accident protocol into play — and prepare to brief your superiors — many questions will start to run through your mind.
Collaboration and Teamwork: Mission-Critical
In today’s Customer Driven column, Laura Jozwiak shares well-earned insights on collaboration and teamwork: “Collaboration starts with being a good listener and being open to opposing ideas – but it doesn’t end there. Accountability and dependability also play an important role.”
Are You Data Driven?
Does your company make the most of its own rich reserve of data? Does it recognize all the veins of data deposits? Is your company mining all of that data to determine the strength of its business pulse?
In this week’s Disruptive Leadership column, John Wysseier imparts timely advice on how and why to build a data-driven culture.
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