Items in the news
By: Jeffrey Lapin An article within Consumer Reports’ October 2011 issue (Connected cars: A new risk) discusses the risks, by diverting the driver’s attention to something other than driving, posed by new technology, such as the ability to text, tweet, access the internet, in many new cars and trucks. The article discusses the types of
By: Jeffrey Lapin The Texas Transportation Institute’s recent study, An Investigation Of The Effects Of Reading And Writing Text-Based Messages While Driving, found, among other things, that a driver’s reaction time is doubled when driving and sending or receiving a text message. The findings were worse than what most experts expected.
By: Jeffrey Lapin The AAA Foundation recently released its Fourth Annual Traffic Safety Culture Index, which found that despite a driver’s knowledge and beliefs about the risks of involved with driving and texting, emailing and talking on a cell phone while driving, many drivers perform these activities anyway. Some of the findings include:
The AAA Foundation and AAA have designated October 2 to 8, 2011, as “Heads Up Driving Week” to get drivers to remove distractions and focus only on the road. These organizations are asking drivers to Take The Pledge: I pledge to drive distraction-free, with the goal to permanently reduce my distracted driving habits. I will spread
By: Jeffrey Lapin At a meeting of debt collectors last week in Atlantic City, it was noted that the current state of the economy has created even more business for debt collectors. In a article published today in the Lincoln Journal Star (Debt collectors: Business great but hard as ever) debt collectors at the meeting state that aggressive tactics,