from American Academy of Pediatrics
Distracted driving has become a major
issue, especially texting while driving and
especially among younger drivers. Studies
suggest that the use of voice or texting
devices while driving increase the risk of a
crash more than twenty times than when
cell phones or texting devices are not used.
Researchers at the University of
Washington and Harborview Injury
Prevention and Research Center say even
those facts have not done enough to
change driver behavior. They studied two
interventions—an in-vehicle camera system
and technology blocking use of the
smartphone while driving. According to the
American Academy of Pediatrics, both
interventions worked and were not disabled
during the study, but the greatest reduction
in distracted driving by teens was from the
blocking program installed on their
smartphone.