Tag: distracted driving

Collision Repair

Holiday Hazards: Christmas, New Year’s Day worst days for distracted driving, says Cambridge Mobile Telematics

Toronto, Ontario ⁠— A recent analysis from Cambridge Mobile Telematics reveals that Christmas and New Year’s Day are the most distracted driving days of the year. The study, which examined more than 100 million car trips between 2020 and 2023, states that on average, drivers engage with their phones for 2 minutes and 16 seconds […]

December 18, 2024

Technology

EV/AV Report: GM EV drivers gain access to Tesla superchargers; while distracted drivers learn how to get around autonomous vehicle warnings

Toronto, Ontario — In this electric and autonomous vehicle report, General Motors EV drivers gain access to Tesla superchargers; while an IIHS study reveals that perhaps too many drivers are multitasking while their vehicles are set for partially automated driving. GM gets supercharged On September 18, 2024, General Motors (GM) and Tesla announced that Chevy, […]

September 20, 2024

Collision Repair

Road Risks: Distracted driving increases by 7.5 percent on Father’s Day; 1,000 additional collisions, on average, says CMT data

Toronto, Ontario — Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) has released a study that shows that distracted driving rises by 7.5 percent on Father’s Day; an average of 1,000 extra collisions. This rise in distracted driving is attributed to an increase in family gatherings and screen interactions so that Father’s Day is the fifth most distracted day […]

June 13, 2024

Collision Repair

Own Worst Enemy: Nearly one-third of drivers distracted themselves leading to crash, Travelers survey finds

Toronto, Ontario — Crashes linked to distracted driving are up, and according to results from a new Travelers Canada survey, drivers are bringing it upon themselves, with about 30 percent of respondents saying they created the distraction that caused them to crash. An additional 25 percent of those who responded to the survey reported a […]

April 25, 2023

Collision Repair

The Price of Safety: New IIHS report applies public health theory to mobile phone use behind the wheel

Toronto, Ontario — Taking some pages from the books of public health theory, a new report from the IIHS details a holistic, social approach to curbing the deadly consequences of distracted driving. Using what is called the Health Belief Model, one of the co-authors of the IIHS’s latest report, Aimee E. Cox, developed about 60 […]

March 30, 2023

Collision Repair

Mobile Streaming: TV-watching behind the wheel a growing trend, Toronto police and locals say

Toronto, Ontario — Recent charges laid against a Toronto driver came with what one would think would be an obvious warning, but apparently bears repeating—hey everyone, please don’t watch TV while you’re driving. Please. The Toronto Police Service followed up on a recent incident of TV-related distracted driving on Twitter, pointing out that these sorts […]

January 20, 2023

Collision Repair

Frightful Findings: Desjardins shares results of 2022 Road Safety Survey

Toronto, Ontario — The Ontario Provincial Police said in May that 2022 was on track to be the deadliest year on Canadian highways in the past decade, and Desjardins Insurance is ready to share the details of its 2022 Road Safety Survey, just in time for Halloween. The insurance company’s report shows that distracted driving […]

October 26, 2022

Collision Repair

Barely Passing: British Columbians get ‘D’ grade in BCAA school safety awareness survey

Victoria, British Columbia – The average driver in B.C. knows to slow down around schools and the laws around school buses. Unfortunately, everything else has been forgotten after their last drivers’ exam. According to the British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA) Back to School Survey conducted by Leger, drivers had serious gaps in their knowledge on […]

September 6, 2022

Auto Insurance

It Could Be Costly: ICBC reports distracted driving on the rise

Victoria, British Columbia — The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) has released new statistics regarding a rise in distracted driving amongst BC drivers. The survey reports that 43 percent of respondents have used their phones while driving at least one time over the past ten trips. This represents a rise from 33 percent of […]

August 31, 2022

Collision Repair

Dashboard Blinders: Next-gen Apple CarPlay announced, safety concerns remain

San Jose, California – During today’s showcase at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple showcased its next generation CarPlay system. While modern versions have a single touchscreen in the center channel for functions like GPS and radio, the CarPlay of the future extends this screen into the glovebox exterior and instrument panels for speed, gas and […]

June 7, 2022

Collision Repair

Dire Data: OPP report collision fatalities on track for highest rate in ten years

Windsor, Ontario — Ontario is on course for a record-breaking year—not a record anyone wants to see broken, mind you, as the Ontario Provincial Police reported that the province is on the way to surpass road fatality rates unseen in a decade. The last time Ontario recorded at least 100 collision deaths by the second […]

May 20, 2022

Collision Repair

Clocked-out Collisions: Work-related calls, texts leave drivers feeling obligated to answer, Travelers report says

Toronto, Ontario — Travelers Insurance Canada released its first-ever distracted driving risk survey on Monday, revealing that one-in-five drivers admits to having been in a collision because they were distracted—distractions often coming from work-related communications. This statistic comes despite the response from 77 percent of drivers that say they take “every step possible to avoid […]

May 2, 2022