{"613432":{"#nid":"613432","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Hands-Free Georgia Act Improves Roadway Safety, Still Room for Improvement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/rosenberger\u0022\u003ERobert Rosenberger\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy, recently wrote a guest column in Saporta Report entitled \u0026quot;Hands-Free Georgia Act\u0026nbsp;Improves Roadway Safety, Still Room for Improvement.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead an excerpt here:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Hands-Free Act went into effect back in July, banning the use of handheld phones while driving. This is a major change for Georgia drivers, and it\u0026rsquo;s one we should support. Over the last few years, the U.S. has seen a dramatic spike in traffic fatalities, a 14 percent increase since 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe state of Georgia has been among those to suffer most, with more than double the national rate of increase, the fifth highest\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/local\/georgia-motor-vehicle-deaths-jump-third-two-years\/JUpDheU8eFb3GJlrobSn4I\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ein the nation\u003C\/a\u003E. While it is impossible to be certain that smartphone usage behind the wheel is the most significant cause of the spike, it is a strong possibility. Something had to be done.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/saportareport.com\/hands-free-georgia-act-improves-roadway-safety-still-room-for-improvement\/?fbclid=IwAR32ktEoxV9K1c6SgoOuFq85keBkm-KzZ28pxTBVmR_mNo7aqDJVYGtGrQE\u0022\u003ERead the full story here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34559","created_gmt":"2018-10-29 17:49:34","changed_gmt":"2018-10-29 17:49:34","author":"pdemerritt3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"maritime","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/saportareport.com\/hands-free-georgia-act-improves-roadway-safety-still-room-for-improvement\/?fbclid=IwAR32ktEoxV9K1c6SgoOuFq85keBkm-KzZ28pxTBVmR_mNo7aqDJVYGtGrQE","dateline":{"date":"2018-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-10-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"405881":{"id":"405881","type":"image","title":"Robert Rosenberger","body":null,"created":"1449254153","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:35:53","changed":"1539181769","gmt_changed":"2018-10-10 14:29:29","alt":"Photo portrait of School of Public Policy professor Robert Rosenberger","file":{"fid":"76113","name":"robertrosenbergerweb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/robertrosenbergerweb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/robertrosenbergerweb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40625,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/robertrosenbergerweb.jpg?itok=TiXirV-U"}}},"media_ids":["405881"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"36251","name":"robert rosenberger"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}