Tag: Distracted Driving

  • Health

    Drivers who are frustrated, distracted, mad — and somewhat rusty

    Traffic stats show that roadway deaths spiked during the pandemic. Can it be that we were not only distracted and frustrated, but also out of practice?

    7–10 minutes
    Traffic.
  • Health

    Reeling in rising distracted driving deaths

    Crashes caused by distracted drivers are believed to have been the biggest cause of a 14 percent rise in traffic fatalities since 2014. The Harvard Chan School’s Center for Health Communication is mounting an anti-distracted driving campaign this fall to make headway against a problem that has proven resistant to change despite efforts by government,…

    8–12 minutes
    Cars in traffic
  • Health

    Hand-held disasters

    Harvard’s Center for Health Communication last week arranged a media briefing at the Massachusetts State House on distracted driving, a problem that takes some 3,000 lives a year in the United States. The Gazette spoke to center director Jay Winsten about the problem.

    8–12 minutes
  • Health

    Attention, undivided

    Jay Winsten of the Harvard School of Public Health hopes to recruit entertainers for a campaign to reduce distracted driving.

    4–6 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    HSPH honors The New York Times

    The Harvard School of Public Health’s (HSPH) Center for Health Communication honored The New York Times at a luncheon event at the Harvard Club of New York City on Dec. 4 for “distinguished journalism in public health.”

    1–2 minutes