August 29, 2019
WE CAN'T REMOVE DRIVERS FAST ENOUGH:
Red-light traffic deaths keep rising. Is distracted driving to blame? (MELISSA LOCKER, 8/29/19, Fast Company)
The rise of smartphones has led to easy, relentless connectivity, kids begging for Snapchat accounts, and Instagram influencers making real money. The rise of phones may also have helped drive up the number of people killed by drivers running through red lights. That tragic figured reached a 10-year high of 939 in 2017, the last full year numbers were available, according to a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The number marked a 28% increase over 2012 levels and capped off five straight years of rising fatalities in red-light collisions.
Posted by Orrin Judd at August 29, 2019 5:58 PM