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What Do We Mean by Distracted Driving?
February 25, 2019 @ 8:45 am - 9:45 am
Speaker: Justin Owens, Sr. Research Associate, Center for Vulnerable Road User Safety, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
Students, faculty, and researchers alike are invited to participate in this CSCRS Speaker Series that explores persistent and emerging trends in road safety.
Next session: Feb. 25, What Do We Mean by Distracted Driving?
Time: 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Location: Chapin Reading Room (New East Building, 2nd Floor)
Both the general public and traffic safety professionals widely agree that distracted driving is a major problem on our roadways. The problem becomes more complex, however, when we begin to ask what we really mean by distraction. In this session, we’ll grapple with times of distraction, durations of distractions, the ubiquity of technology, and just how distracted we all really are while on the road.