U.S. House approves proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars

Re:U.S. House approves proposal to speed the deployment of s... by danblick on Thursday September 07, 2017 @01:40AM (#15189371)

I wonder what fraction involved smartphones?

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/business/tech-distract...

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Re:U.S. House approves proposal to speed the deployment of s... by steventhedev on Thursday September 07, 2017 @08:17AM (#15191110)

Rather than speculate on anecdotes, perhaps we can focus on actual data[0]. 2014-2015 only saw a +280 change in fatalities caused by distractions (read: texting).

Florida and Georgia combined saw a +190 drunk driving fatalities in the same period.

EDIT: found a more specific report about electronic device usage: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...

[0]: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...

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