{"id":278279947,"date":"2013-10-26T19:59:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T19:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=278279947"},"modified":"2013-10-26T19:59:07","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T19:59:07","slug":"distracted-driving-is-claiming-the-lives-of-more-pedestrians-and-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=278279947","title":{"rendered":"Distracted Driving Is Claiming the Lives of More Pedestrians and Cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Angie Schmitt, Streets Blog<\/p>\n

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\nPedestrian fatalities attributed to distracted driving increased significantly between 2005 and 2010. Image: Public Health Reports<\/p>\n

Total traffic deaths have declined nationwide in recent years, but the same has not held true for the most vulnerable people on the streets: cyclists and pedestrians. In 2011<\/a>, 130 more pedestrians were killed in traffic than the year before, a 3 percent increase, while 54 more people lost their lives while biking, an increase of 8 percent. The same year, overall traffic deaths declined 2 percent.<\/p>\n

As for the reasons why<\/a>, good data has been scarce, but that hasn\u2019t stopped major media from blaming victims<\/a> for \u201cdrunk walking\u201d or \u201cdistracted walking.\u201d Now a new study<\/a> published in Public Health Reports, the journal of the U.S. Public Health Service and the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, reveals that distracted driving \u2014 particularly driving while texting \u2014 partially explains the rising death toll.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/dc.streetsblog.org\/2013\/10\/23\/distracted-driving-is-claiming-the-lives-of-more-cyclists-and-pedestrians\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Angie Schmitt, Streets Blog Pedestrian fatalities attributed to distracted driving increased significantly between 2005 and 2010. Image: Public Health Reports Total traffic deaths have declined nationwide in recent years, but the same has not held true for the most vulnerable people on the streets: cyclists and pedestrians. In 2011, 130 more pedestrians were killed … <\/p>\n

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