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Smartphone Apps Are Driving Gig Workers & Parents To Distraction

November 10, 2022 admin consumer technology, distraction-related crashes, driver distraction, driving-related distractions, gig workers, iihs, national highway traffic safety administration, polls/surveys, research, smartphone apps

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:26:20 +0000

A new survey from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that smartphone app usage among gig-economy workers is 4 times more likely to occur than among other drivers. The study also reveals that parents are nearly 50% more prone to routinely making video calls, checking weather reports, and other types of smartphone-enabled distractions […]

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Car Interiors Being Influenced By Tesla

March 18, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, infotainment, national highway traffic safety administration, national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa), tesla infotainment

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2022 00:39:21 +0000

Tesla’s vehicles have been setting the standards for traditional automakers in a handful of ways — the latest being the onset of a centralized touchscreen instead of buttons. Despite some recent regulator concerns over what activities the screen can be used for, several automakers have already been or are now putting out vehicles with a similarly-styled […]