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SAFE 2 SAVE App encourages and rewards Safe Driving
In 2016, there were 109,658 traffic crashes in Texas involving distracted driving – up 3 percent over 2015 according to TxDOT. More than 3,000 people were seriously injured as a result, and 455 died. These crashes were highest among new and younger drivers ages 16 to 34.
App rewards drivers for putting down the phone
There are two types of drivers out there on the road -- those who use their phones and those who lie and say they don't.
SAFE 2 SAVE, App That Rewards Users For Safe Driving, Launches In Cypress
A new phone app designed to discourage distracted driving has launched in the Cypress and Jersey Village areas.
Jc Fodale Energy Services To Pay $43.5M In Employee Distracted Driving Case
The verdict against JC Fodale Energy Services, based in Shreveport, Louisiana, included $30 million in punitive damages. It also included almost $7.3 million for physical pain and mental anguish, $2.9 million for physical impairment, almost $1.3 million for medical expenses and $1.1 million for loss of past and future earnings.
Delivery Company’s $5.2M Settlement For Distracted Driving Case
In July of 2011, a mother was stopped at a traffic light with her 9 year old son and 11 year old daughter on Illinois route 15 in Belleville, Illinois. The driver of a commercial delivery van / truck was using his cellular phone instead of paying attention and slammed into the back of the woman’s car at almost 50 miles per hour!