Nearly Two Months After New Hands-Free Law, Distracted Driving Remains Lower in Ohio
27 Mayo 2023 - 1:46PM
Business Wire
New data from Cambridge Mobile Telematics shows
initial gains from law have continued
Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), the world’s largest
telematics service provider, today announced an updated analysis of
the hands-free law enacted in Ohio on April 4, 2023. The new data
shows that the initial gains from the law have continued, averaging
a 10% reduction compared to March of this year. Prior to the law,
Ohio drivers spent an average of 1 minute and 39 seconds handling
their phones while driving. Since April 4, that figure has dropped
to an average of 1 minute and 30 seconds, a 9-second reduction.
“Hands-free laws save lives,” said Ryan McMahon, SVP of Strategy
for CMT. “Public awareness of hands-free laws is critical — the
data shows that when drivers are aware of their own driving
behavior and the consequences related to it, overall risk goes
down. The continued success of Hands-Free Ohio will depend on
education, incentives, enforcement, and technology.”
CMT’s data shows that the crash rate falls by 1.4% with every
10% reduction in distracted driving. Since Ohio’s law began on
April 4, CMT estimates that it has helped prevent over 1,000
crashes, 2 fatalities, and $24 million in economic damages.* The
new analysis includes data through May 25, 2023.
About Cambridge Mobile Telematics
Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) is the world’s largest
telematics service provider. Its mission is to make the world’s
roads and drivers safer. The company’s AI-driven platform,
DriveWell®, gathers sensor data from millions of IoT devices —
including smartphones, proprietary Tags, connected vehicles,
dashcams, and third-party devices — and fuses them with contextual
data to create a unified view of vehicle and driver behavior.
Companies from personal and commercial auto insurance, automotive,
rideshare, smart cities, wireless, financial services, and family
safety industries use insights from CMT’s platform to power their
risk assessment, safety, claims, and driver improvement programs.
Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with offices in Budapest, Chennai,
Seattle, Tokyo, and Zagreb, CMT serves millions of people through
over 95 programs in 25 countries, including 21 of the top 25 US
auto insurers. Learn more at CMT.ai.
*Estimates based on the change in crash rate from distracted
driving and data from NHTSA’s report The Economic and Societal
Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2019: $340 billion in crash
damages from 14.2 million crashes in 2019, averaging $23,954 per
crash
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Media Matt Fiorentino: mfiorentino@cmtelematics.com