To help offset the growing range of distractions that professional drivers face on the road, Instructional Technologies Inc. (ITI), providers of a variety of training solutions for the transportation industry has debuted the new PRO-DEFENSE defensive driving program. “While many of the basic skills still apply to defensive driving, we knew we needed to re-think it […]
Prominent leaders from the advertising, media, entertainment and social entrepreneurship industries are teaming up to prevent texting and driving in partnership with Project Yellow Light, a national public service advertising (PSA) contest and scholarship program. The panel of judges will include actress, YouTuber and tastemaker Meg DeAngelis; hip-hop artist Aloe Blacc; filmmaker and social activist […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released a new National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and Behavior in which nearly half of drivers surveyed say speeding is a problem on our nation’s roads, and one in five drivers surveyed admitted, “I try to get where I am going as fast […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a five-year extension of its cooperative agreement with the Automotive Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS), comprised of 15 automakers, to continue researching advanced alcohol detection technology that could prevent vehicles from being driven by a drunk driver. “Drunk driving remains a deadly crime […]
