News | Distracted Driving

Distracted driving is as risky as drunk driving, study says

A new study by Cambridge Mobile Telematics, the world’s leader in smartphone-centric telematics, says that distracted driving is as dangerous as drunk driving. In the study, more than half of...
April 6, 2017
News | Distracted Driving

Study: Distracted Driving Triples Crash Risk

A new study shows cell phone use while driving more than triples the risk of getting in a crash. The company Cambridge Mobile Telematics collected smartphone data from hundreds of...
April 6, 2017
News | Distracted Driving

Put the hurt on distracted drivers: Current penalties are too light to discourage screen-obsessed scofflaws

The ubiquity of distracted drivers should alarm every Chicagoan. They’re roadway menaces, and we know how to spot them. Stopped at a red light, the distracted driver is seen from...
April 6, 2017
News | Distracted Driving

More evidence that smartphones and driving don’t mix

New data collected from thousands of drivers suggest that more than half of all trips that ended in a crash also included some form of distraction from a mobile phone....
April 4, 2017
News | Distracted Driving

Study: Majority of car accidents caused by distracted driving

A new study from Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) found that, in most car crashes, distracted driving plays a role. They dug deep on this problem, examining phone logs from drivers...
April 4, 2017