April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month — a good time to be mindful about potential hazards on the road. Laura Adams, senior analyst with Aceable, an Austin, Texas-based driver education company, ...

A research paper by scientists at Beijing Jiaotong University proposed an electrophysiological analysis-based brain network method for the augmented recognition of different types of distractions ...

HOUSTON — April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Traffic expert Jennifer Reyna is breaking down the different types of distractions, and how we can prevent them and save lives. Sending a text ...

In 2022, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported 3,308 fatalities in crashes involving distracted drivers, accounting for roughly 9% of all fatal collisions on U.S. roads. For ...

Distracted driving means driving while engaged in activities that divert the driver’s attention from the road. There are three forms of distracted driving: cognitive, visual and manual. Texting, which ...

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Eight seconds. That’s how long truck driver Sam Hicks looked down at his phone after getting a text from his girlfriend. That’s all it took for his truck to barrel into the back of a car stopped at a ...

New measure incorporates external distraction, intrusive thoughts and mind-wandering – and is also linked with an intense state of hyperfocus In a study of different types of distraction involving ...

SYSTEM. LOOKING AT TRAFFIC MOVING ALONG ON INTERSTATE 80 HERE IN LA VISTA. THIS IS THAT CLOSURE AREA. WE’RE SEEING IT GO A LITTLE BIT SMOOTHER TODAY WITH A PRETTY SUNRISE IN THE BACKGROUND. NOW ALL ...