Study: Distracting Roadside Safety Billboards May Cause 17K Crashes A Year

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By Kea WilsonMay 2, 2022, 4:07 am291 pts
Road signs that implore highway motorists to drive carefully may actually be causing crashes because they’re too distracting, a new study finds — and its provoking a conversation among advocates about the limits of on-road safety signs more broadly. A new Science Magazine analysis of a Texas campaign found…

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