Every year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) releases a \u201cMost Wanted List,\u201d summarizing its top 10 priorities in advocating enhanced safety policies for American infrastructure and transportation systems.<\/p>\n
The list for 2013 includes a recommendation to reduce distraction in transportation. The distracting effect of personal electronics and their contribution to vehicular crashes has gotten increased and well-deserved attention in recent years, but public transportation operators are affected by distracting gadgets as well. The NTSB lists the following incidents in its report:<\/p>\n
November, 2004: A bus driver in Virginia crashed into a bridge while talking on his cell phone, despite using a hands-free device. Every year, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) releases a \u201cMost Wanted List,\u201d summarizing its top 10 priorities in advocating enhanced safety policies for American infrastructure and transportation systems. The list for 2013 includes a recommendation to reduce distraction in…<\/span><\/p>\n
\nOctober, 2009: An airliner overflew its destination airport in Minneapolis by more than 100 miles because the pilots were engrossed in their laptop computers.
\nSeptember, 2008: A train engineer in California texting on his cell phone overlooked warning signals and caused a head-on collision that resulted in 25 deaths.
\nJuly, 2010: A (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"