Warwickshire’s distracted drivers helped to pay more attention to the road

Warwickshire’s distracted drivers helped to pay more attention to the road

DISTRACTED drivers in Warwickshire are being helped to pay more attention to the road. University of Warwick researchers have developed an evidence-based intervention to change people’s awareness of distracted driving. The research draws upon statistics from the Department for Transport, indicating that human error accounts for 69 per cent of incidents in the UK. Notably, 39 per cent of these arise from drivers failing to observe their surroundi…

AUDIO: What is distracted driving?

In this clip from the latest edition of the Thinking Transportation Podcast from Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), the organization’s Road User Safety Program manager, Emily Martin, and Crash Analytics Program Manager, Srinivas Geedipally discuss what behaviors are associated with distracted driving and factors that quantify its impact on road safety. To hear the whole episode,  just log onto the Thinking Transportation homepage or find …