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Can anything stop distracted driving?

Can anything stop distracted driving?

Update: 2023-04-24
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After a decades-long decline in automobile fatalities, numbers began to go up with the dawn of smart phones. Laws banning use of cellphones while driving haven’t stopped the rise — and the dawn of smart cars seems to be making things worse.

Today, we talk about efforts to stop distracted driving — and why they don’t seem to work. Read the full transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times auto industry reporter Russ Mitchell

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Can anything stop distracted driving?

Can anything stop distracted driving?

Jazmín Aguilera, Kasia Broussalian, Denise Guerra, David Toledo Diaz, Heba Elorbany, Mike Heflin, Ashlea Brown, Russ Mitchell, Helen Li, Roberto Reyes, Gustavo Arellano, Mark Nieto, Shani O. Hilton, Nicolas Perez, Mario Diaz