Study examines how and why states adopt drunk driving laws
How do states decide what laws to adopt to prevent alcohol-impaired driving and keep their roads safe?
Aug 10, 2015
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How do states decide what laws to adopt to prevent alcohol-impaired driving and keep their roads safe?
Aug 10, 2015
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Cultural "lore" outweighs criminal law when Indigenous drivers in regional and remote communities get behind the wheel drunk, a new study by QUT has found.
Jun 23, 2015
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State laws banning texting while driving led to significant reductions in the number of teens using their cell phones while behind the wheel, but nearly one-third still admitted to engaging in this risky behavior, according ...
Apr 25, 2015
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Teens can get hundreds of text messages a day, but one message they aren't getting is that they shouldn't text and drive. Nearly 43 percent of high school students of driving age who were surveyed in 2011 reported texting ...
May 4, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Elderly pedestrians face a much higher risk of being killed in a traffic accident than the young do, a new government report finds.
Apr 18, 2013
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It's now unlawful to shave or use a mobile phone while driving, but reading billboards is still OK. Or is it?
Feb 14, 2013
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State laws that limit driving privileges for teens have reduced the incidence of drinking and driving among the nation's youngest licensees, according to a new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...
Jun 15, 2012
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Cell phone distractions account for more than 300,000 car crashes each year. As a result, most states have put laws in place to limit or prohibit the use of things like cell phones and PDAs while driving. But a new study ...
May 24, 2011
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Portugal's Constitutional Court on Monday blocked a law passed by parliament introducing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill and gravely injured people.
Mar 15, 2021
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Every day in America, roughly 10,000 people turn age 65. To help keep roadways safe as America grays and to help preserve the freedom of mobility of older drivers, researchers at University of California, San Diego School ...
Nov 4, 2014
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