FOIA Reveals Cell Phone Studies
- CAS Testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee - 11/4/09
- CAS Board Member Nicholas Ashford ON NPR’s Talk of the Nation - 1/11/10
CAS FOIA and Related NHTSA Documents
- Draft Letter to Governors from the Department of Transportation
- NHTSA Cell Phone Policy Draft
- NHTSA Distraction Statement Draft
- The Relationship Between On-Road Wireless Phone Use and Crashes - 7/7/2003
- The Relationship Between On-Road Wireless Phone Use and Crashes (Abridged Version) - 7/2003
- Status Summary: Using Wireless Communication Devices While Driving - 7/2003
- NHTSA Communications Plan on Wireless Devices - 7/2003
- NHTSA Talking Points on Wireless Communication Devices - 7/2003
- NHTSA Driver Distraction Expert Working Group Meetings - 11/10/2000
- NHTSA Driver Distraction Internet Forum - 11/15/2000
- CAS v. NHTSA Cell Phone Study Settlement - 3/17/2009
- CAS Files FOIA Lawsuit over NHTSA Cell Phone Study - 12/1/2008
- NHTSA Response to CAS FOIA Appeal - 9/12/2008
- CAS FOIA Appeal - 5/29/2008
- NHTSA Response to CAS FOIA - 4/29/2008
- CAS Files Freedom of Information Act Request with NHTSA Re: Cell Phone Study - 3/27/2008
- CAS Files Freedom of Information Act Request with DOT Re: Cell Phone Study - 3/27/2008
CAS Petition Information
- Click here to view the CAS petition to NHTSA - 1/21/2007
- NHTSA Denial of CAS Cell Phone Petition - 6/3/2008
- Article: Safety Group Seeks to Curb In-Car Tech Chatter - 1/23/2007
- DRIVE Coalition Hits a Wall - 7/7/10
- DOT holding firm on campaign to end distracted driving - 7/7/10
- Update: Lobbying document shows pitch for clients to fight against distracted driving - 7/1/10
- Lobbyists Target Distracted Driving Campaigns by Oprah, Ray LaHood - 6/30/10
- UN chief calls for global action against mobile phone use while driving - 5/20/10
- Worst States For Distracted Drivers - 3/17/10
- New Sample Bill will Aid States in Banning Texting While Driving - 2/22/10
- Hands-free cellphones just as likely to distract drivers - 1/29/10
- Distracted By A Cell Phone? Some Cell Phone Users Fail To See Unicycling Clown Passing Them - 10/20/09
- Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces New Details on Distracted Driving Summit - 8/18/09
- U.S. Secretary of Transportation Blog re: Distracted Driving - 8/4/09
- Senate Bill to Encourage Texting Bans - 7/29/09
- Editorials - 7/26/09
- Automakers Promoting Unsafe Driving Through New Technologies - 7/26/09
- Do Cell Phones Kill 1000 People a Year? - 10/31/2008
- Cell Phone Laws may not Make Roads Safer - 3/25/08
- National Safety Council Calls for Nationwide Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving - 1/12/2009
- Article: Safety Group Seeks to Curb In-Car Tech Chatter - 1/23/09
- Lawsuit Verdict For Cell Phone Distraction - 6/12/2007
- NHTSA : Driver Electronic Device Use in 2007 -6/2008
New York Times Series on Distracted Driving
- Lobbyists Try to Reframe Distracted Driving Issue - 7/6/10
- Government Bans Texting By Truck and Bus Drivers - 1/26/10
- Despite Risks, Internet Creeps Onto Car Dashboards - 1/6/10
- Bills to Curb Distracted Driving Gain Momentum - 1/1/10
- Promoting the Car Phone, Despite Risks - 12/6/09
- High-Tech Devices Help Drivers Put Down Phone - 11/22/09
- When Texting Kills, Britain Offers Path to Prison - 11/1/09
- Many in U.S. Want Texting at the Wheel to Be Illegal - 11/1/09
- Texting While Driving Banned for Federal Workers - 10/1/09
- Truckers Insist on Keeping Computers in the Cab - 9/27/09
- Driver Texting Now an Issue in the Back Seat -9/8/09
- Doubts About Scare Tactics on Drivers Who Text - 8/31/09
- Utah Gets Tough With Texting Drivers - 8/28/09
- Federal Agency Plans Distracted Driving Forum - 8/4/09
- Cabbies Stay on Their Phones Despite Ban - 8/3/09
- In Study, Texting Lifts Crash Risk by Large Margin - 7/27/09
- The Truth About Cars and Cell Phones - 7/22/09
- U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving - 7/20/09
- Gauging Your Distraction - 7/19/09
- Drivers and Legislators Dismiss Cellphone Risks - 7/18/09
