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With family members traveling back to work and school after the holiday season, roads are still packed with cars. That means we must be extra careful while driving. The topic of safe driving has ...

79% of drivers experienced near-misses, and 93% of them eperienced negative outcomes, highlighting the need for effective solutions. Drivers request improved communication tools and safety-focused ...

Distracted driving remains a serious safety problem on Wisconsin roads. Recent data shows distracted drivers were involved in 9,261 crashes in a single year, injuring 3,586 people and killing 23. That ...

79% of drivers had a "close call" or near-miss while driving because they were distracted within the last year Accurate, AI-powered detection with alerts is the No. 1 technology drivers want to tackle ...

New research from Fujita Health University reveals that talking can subtly delay the eyes’ ability to detect and stabilize on visual information. In experiments comparing talking, listening, and ...

Talking while driving is widely recognized as a major source of distraction, but the specific ways conversation interferes ...

Distracted driving kills thousands of people on U.S. highways annually. In 2022, 3,308 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers, according to the latest data from the ...

It's not just a smartphone problem. Distracted driving has been making highways more dangerous since the advent of the automobile -- but smartphones have worsened the issue and, more recently, forced ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - It’s definitely not feeling like it this week, but spring prom season is approaching, and that means more teen drivers will be out on the roads and distractions play a major role ...