By Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and we launched our 2021–2022 Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements on April 6. It seemed only natural that we begin our Most Wanted List blog series with the item, “Eliminate Distracted Driving.” Crashes involving distracted drivers killed 3,142 people in 2019—up … Continue reading Eliminate Distracted Driving→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
The blog was co-authored by: Bruce Landsberg, Vice-Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board Lorraine Martin, President & CEO, National Safety Council By now, we all should be aware of the deadly consequences of distracted driving. Yet, driving while distracted by cell phone use has become too common an occurrence on the nation’s roads. This must stop. … Continue reading Joining Forces on Distracted Driving→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Vice Chair Bruce Landsberg On July 7 Gov. Mike Parson signed the Siddens Bening Hands Free Law, prohibiting the use of portable electronic devices while driving, making Missouri the 49th state with some form of texting ban. The District of Columbia also bans texting and driving. As the nation battles the rising number of … Continue reading Missouri Bans Texting While Driving, Only Montana Remains→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg Our recent investigation of the fatal Jan. 5, 2020, multivehicle crash near Mt. Pleasant Township, Pennsylvania, determined that excessive speed played a critical factor. This is a recurring theme in too many highway crash investigations. Between 1967 and 2022, the NTSB has investigated over 50 major crashes in which speed … Continue reading Excessive Speed Continues to Take Too Many Lives→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Acting Chairman Bruce Landsberg Most people are familiar with the nightly news image of NTSB investigators at the scene of an accident, searching for the “black (orange) box.” The flight data recorder (FDR), which records aircraft control inputs and operational conditions, and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), which records pilot conversations, are at the … Continue reading Accident Data for Investigations, Routine Flight Data for Prevention→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog
By Acting Chairman Bruce Landsberg There was once a saying in the news media business to “get it first, get it right, but first get it right.” The NTSB strives to get it right above all, but we recognize that timeliness is essential, too. One of my goals even before joining the Board was to … Continue reading Get it Right: Addressing the Timeliness of NTSB Investigations→| NTSB Safety Compass Blog