Tag: Behavior Change
Blog | Behavior Change
Can we Avoid 21,000 Deadly Crashes in the Next Five Years?
In our final installment of the 2020 distracted driving blog series, we look at possible future scenarios given the current trajectory of phone-based distraction. What impact will it have on...
January 21, 2021
Blog | Behavior Change
Eliminating Distraction will Require Both State and Individual Approaches
In previous installments in this blog series, CMT highlighted how society has been slow to respond to the phone-based distraction problem. Most people misunderstand just how dangerous phone use behind...
January 11, 2021
Blog | Behavior Change
Distracted Driving Laws Alone Aren't Enough to Combat Phone-Based Distraction
As of February 2020, 21 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have total handheld phone use bans in effect. A “total handheld phone use ban”...
December 4, 2020
Blog | Behavior Change
Phone Distraction Occurred in 41% of Daytime Drives in 2019
Phone distraction while driving is an understudied, underreported, and misunderstood disaster occurring right now. It costs hundreds of lives and millions of dollars each year, and it’s getting worse. States...
November 12, 2020
Blog | Behavior Change
The Benefits of “Letting your Insurer Ride Shotgun”
Recently, CMT’s partners State Farm, Liberty Mutual, and Nationwide were featured in The New York Times, testifying how their smartphone telematics programs are saving their policyholders money. We are thrilled...
July 17, 2020