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Slamming The Brakes On Distracted Driving

2017/5/8
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Admit it: You can't help but check your phone when you're behind the wheel. Distracted driving has evolved from fiddling with the radio to taking Snapchat videos while on the freeway. It's a dangerous, addictive habit we see in other drivers and ourselves. So how can we get drivers to put down the phone and focus on the road? Guests: Emily Stein, president of Safe Roads Alliance; Karen Twomey, spokesperson for AT&T; Susan Moses, deputy director of the Center for Health Communication at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.