Study Reveals States With Texing While Driving Bans Have Fewer ER Visits After Crashes
Texting and driving is among one of the highest causes for distracted driving. A new study published earlier this year shows that states enacting a ban on texting while driving show a four-percent reduction in the number of emergency room visits post-accident.
The study examines data from 16 different U.S. states from 2007 to 2014, looking at the number of states which call for a ban on texting while driving and the number of motor vehicle-related hospitalizations.
Read the article at The Drive.
Big Bash in Store for AFLA’s 50th at the Arizona Grand
This year, the AFLA conference celebrates its 50th anniversary at the Arizona Grand in Phoenix, and a lot of great activities are in store. Don’t miss the special anniversary party, called “Boots and Bowties,” the day before the conference.
Is Less Technology the Cure for Distracted Driving?
There’s one feature available on some cars today that can increase a driver’s vigilance instead of diminishing it — the manual transmission.
A car with a stick shift and clutch pedal requires the use of all four limbs, making it difficult to use a cellphone or eat while driving. Lapses in attention are therefore rare, especially in city driving where a driver might shift gears a hundred times during a trip to the grocery store.
One study on the driving performance of teenage boys with A.D.H.D. revealed that cars with manual transmissions resulted in safer, more attentive driving than automatics.
Read the article at The New York Times.
Electrifying Your Fleet!
Earlier this year, FMW was in London for Fleet World’s Great British Fleet Event where Steffano Peduzzi, Geotab’s European director of engineering, gave an engaging presentation on fleet electrification.
Editor Andrew Boada briefs us on Peduzzi’s smart presentation in Geotab: Managing the Three Phases of Electrification. Want to know more about fleet electrification? On Mobility Day at the upcoming NAFA I&E, check out this session: Waiting Until Electric Vehicles Show a Positive ROI? That Time is NOW
Paul Atchley, PhD, eDriving’s Brain Scientist Advisor, writes about the addiction impairing your drivers. “What is a fleet manager to do given the known risks of phone use while driving? The first step is to stop thinking about them as phones, but instead look at them as a substance delivery system."
The FMW team is looking forward to seeing you at NAFA I&E in just a few short days!
Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
Freeing Fleets from Fossil Fuels
The mission of Motiv Power Systems is to free fleets from fossil fuels. And a new partnership allowing them to use BMW’s lithium ion batteries helps to further that mission.
