Tag: texting while driving

Auto insurance rates could change with improved texting enforcement

Julie Campbell
Auto Insurance Texting While Driving

Federal grants are assisting authorities to crack down on illegal cell phone behaviors behind the wheel. Drivers who have been able to get away with texting behind the wheel because it is easy to dodge the enforcement of laws against the dangerous behavior, may now be fining that this is no longer the case, and getting caught will send their auto insurance premiums skyward. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in new federal grants are helping authorities to catch texting drivers the act. An analysis performed on quotes from the leading…

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Distracted driving from texting increases odds of crash by 23 times

Marc
Auto Insurance Texting While Driving

Writing or reading a text on a smartphone takes the eyes off the road for too long. The National Safety Council’s (NSC) statistics regarding distracted driving have shown that motorists who send and receive text messages while behind the wheel are 23 times more likely to be involved in a crash. These behaviors cause drivers to look away from the road too often or too long. When both eyes and attention are being taken off the road, the risk of making a mistake or not seeing a change in the…

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Mobile commerce application uses GPS to reduce distracted driving behaviors

Julie Campbell
Young Driver auto usage based Insurance

The new patent-pending mobile commerce Drive Save Mode app reduces the risk posed by distracted driving. Mobile commerce has stepped up to help encourage safer driving behaviors with a new app that was launched in Las Vegas called Drive Safe Mode. The new application has already been downloaded by many adults, parents, and teens, and has attracted a great deal of hype as even nonprofit organizations are using the app to encourage greater precautions against distracted driving. This new technology has already outperformed the achievements of previously released apps that…

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State Farm survey shows most licensed teen drivers text while driving

Car insurance for young drivers

The findings from a survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of State Farm have shown that most licensed teenaged drivers (57 percent), say that they text while driving, regardless of the tremendous amount of attention that the behavior is receiving as a risky and dangerous practice. The survey was conducted over the phone, and included the participation of 652 individuals living in the United States, and who were between the ages of 14 and 17 years, 280 among whom had either a permit or a driver’s license. These results…

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Are voice controls in vehicles any safer than using a mobile handset?

Hands free doesn’t mean attention free. It’s becoming common knowledge that cell phone handsets cause drivers to become distracted, and an increasing number of states are prohibiting their use for talking, texting, and other activities while behind the wheel, but are the voice-controlled gadgets that have been replacing them any safer, or are they simply creating a new high-tech way to take focus away from the road? Some experts are now saying that it is equally dangerous to talk to a dashboard as it is to speak to a cell…

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