distracted driving
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Manufacturer 13 Apr 2022Touchscreen development at risk of compromising safety, says VNC Automotive
VNC Automotive has questioned the automotive industry’s rush to replace conventional controls with touchscreens.
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Fleet200 2 Jan 2022Concerns around distracted drivers remain high
Concerns around distracted driving proved a hot topic at a roundtable discussion for public and private sector fleets at December’s Fleet200 Executive Club meeting.
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Fleet industry 20 Dec 2021New rules on mobile phone use while driving a ‘missed opportunity’
Standardised testing of infotainment systems would reduce risk of distracted driving, while allowing drivers to use phones in a cradle sends ‘wrong message’, say road safety experts.
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Opinion 20 Dec 2021Distracted driving should be as much of a taboo as drink-driving
Rebecca Needham, road safety officer (England) at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), warns of the dangers of distracted driving.
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Manufacturer 5 Nov 2021Parking sensors and reversing camera ‘most-used’ car tech
Three-quarters (76%) of drivers think that too much technology in a vehicle can be distracting, according to research conducted by Dacia.
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Fleet industry 31 Jul 2020Two thirds say motorists increasingly distracted by in-car tech
Motorists report an increase in driver distraction from infotainment systems, sat navs and mobile phones, research from Venson Automotive Solutions suggests.
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Fleet industry 2 Aug 2019Kwik Fit finds more than 1m drivers have had a crash while using phone
More than 2.7 million drivers have had a collision or veered off the road in the past two years because they were distracted by their mobile phone, research by Kwik Fit has found.
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Fleet industry 18 Jan 2018More than one-third of fleets do not monitor driver distraction, finds Brake safety survey
Road safety charity Brake is calling on fleet operators to crack down on driver distraction after finding that more than a third of fleets do not monitor the safety risk.
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General News 26 May 2017
Research reveals motorists are multi-tasking behind the wheel
A worrying percentage of motorists have admitted to multi-tasking while driving in new research from mycarneedsa.com.
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Fleet industry 17 May 2017
Brake offers free webinar on managing driver distraction
Road safety charity Brake is running a free webinar on the importance of eliminating and mitigating the distraction of communication technology in vehicles.
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Fleet industry 23 Nov 2016
25% of motorists admit to driving while tired
Nearly 1 in 4 motorists readily admit to regularly driving while tired – and men are more prone to driving when tired than women.
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