Resources

The agencies and organizations listed below can provide more information on distracted driving and links to numerous other resources.

• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:

o Research and Evaluation – www.nhtsa.gov/behavioral-research

• Distracted Driving – www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving

o Behavioral Safety Research Reports – https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/

o Traffic Safety Marketing – www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/get-materials/distracted-driving

• Governors Highway Safety Association: www.ghsa.org
• National Safety Council: www.nsc.org/learn/NSC-Initiatives/Pages/distracted-driving.aspx; www.nsc.org/road-safety/tools-resources/infographics/hands-free-is-not-risk-free
• National Conference of State Legislatures: www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/spotlight-distracted-driving
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: www.iihs.org
• AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety: www.aaafoundation.org
• Network of Employers for Traffic Safety: https://trafficsafety.org

For overviews of distracted driving prevalence, risks, legislation, research, and recommended strategies, see the following.

• NHTSA’s Understanding the Effects of Distracted Driving and Developing Strategies to Reduce Resulting Deaths and Injuries: A Report to Congress – DOT HS 812 053 (Vegega et al., 2013).
• NHTSA’s Driver Distraction: A Review of the Current State-of-Knowledge – DOT HS 810 787 (Ranney, 2008).
• Overview of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Driver Distraction Program – DOT HS 811 299 (NHTSA, 2010).
• GHSA’s Distracted Driving: Survey of the States (GHSA, 2013).
• World Health Organization’s Mobile Phone Use: A Growing Problem of Driver Distraction (WHO & NHTSA, 2011).
• NHTSA’s Blueprint for Ending Distracted Driving – DOT HS 811 629 (NHTSA, 2012).

Key terms

• GDL: Graduated driver licensing, a three-phase system for beginning drivers consisting of a learner’s permit, a provisional license, and a full license. A learner’s permit allows driving only while supervised by a fully licensed driver. A provisional license allows unsupervised driving under certain restrictions.