Shows
Distraction Free Life PodcastTravelers Institute's Guide to Distraction-Free DrivingA deep dive into the latest topics associated with Distracted Driving with special guest Jessica Kearney (Assoc. VP at Travelers Institute)
Learn more at shreyadixit.org or at travelers.com
2023-01-1425 min
Distraction Free Life PodcastState Legislation for Distracted DrivingListen to this podcast episode by our hosts, Navnita and Srijani, to be informed on the distracted driving laws of 10 states in the US. These states include Georgia, California, Minnesota, Kansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and Montana. To learn more, please visit https://shreyadixit.org/blog/, your specific state's department of driving website, and the sources linked below! Thank you very much for tuning in!
Sources:
https://www.georgiacriminallawyer.com/distracting-driving-texting
https://www.ghsa.org/state-laws/issues/Distracted%20Driving?state=Georgia
https://www.hamptonlaw.com/blog/kansas-laws-on-distracted-driving-and-texting/
https://www.flhsmv.gov/safety-center/driving-safety/distracted-driving/
https://www.torgensonlaw.com...
2022-07-1111 minDistraction Free Life PodcastThe Pandemic and Driving SafetyRegister for the Raksha Walk at shreyadixit.org!
Sources:
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/traffic_safety_during_covid19_01062021_0.pdf?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9B07-6JStIBAc7PMq_kC4oPplAAGW1djhevr5_mz_IotXeJj0N5DiRD1iZAuiHmVX__Kz5
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/tanyamohn/2020/04/22/speeding-and-other-reckless-driving-spike-during-pandemic/amp/
https://www.drugabuse.gov/drug-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates
2021-07-2707 minDistraction Free Life PodcastDistracted Driving Legislation and what the general public can do to get involved.NHTSA: https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving
NCSL: https://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/cellular-phone-use-and-texting-while-driving-laws.aspx
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-crackdown-distracted-driving-0
https://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/state-and-federal-efforts-to-reduce-distracted-driving.aspx
Learn more at shreyadixit.org
2021-07-1907 minDistraction Free Life PodcastDistracted Driving Prevention and the impact of a Distraction Free LifeSources:
https://exchange.aaa.com/safety/distracted-driving/tips-for-preventing-distracted-driving/
https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving
https://www.geico.com/information/safety/auto/teendriving/distracted-driving/
https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/distracted_driving/index.html
https://ldi.upenn.edu/healthpolicysense/parents-report-their-distracted-driving-behaviors
https://www.enddd.org/end-distracted-driving/university-of-michigan-study-90-of-parents-drive-distracted-with-children-in-the-car/
https://www.enddd.org/end-distracted-driving/distracted-driving-teens-whose-parents-drive-distracted-are-more-than-twice-as-likely-to-also-drive-distracted-1/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/08/distracted-driving-parents-phones/13740087/
2021-07-1210 minDistraction Free Life PodcastAutonomous Vehicles and Distracted DrivingA discussion of the connection between autonomous vehicles and distracted driving with Dakota Medina and Nikhil Kori of the Shreya R. Dixit Memorial Foundation.
2021-07-0510 min
Distraction Free Life PodcastCOVID, Distracted Driving, and Autonomous Cars with Mike HansonABOUT MIKE HANSON:
I currently serve as the Director for the Minnesota Department of Public Safety-Office of Traffic Safety and I also serve as the designated Governor's Highway Safety Representative. I was appointed to my current position in October of 2017. Prior to being appointed as the Director of the Office of Traffic Safety I was employed with the Minnesota State Patrol. I retired in 2017 with nearly 35 years of law enforcement experience. During my tenure with the State Patrol I worked in several areas of the State primarily in the Marshall, Minneapolis, Detroit Lakes, and Thief River Falls Districts. I retired...
2021-04-1934 min
Distraction Free Life PodcastMinnesota Public Safety with Paul AasenFor more information, visit www.shreyadixit.org
2021-03-1035 min
Distraction Free Life PodcastTechnology Revisited With Nina HersherTo learn more or get involved visit www.ieshgujral.weebly.com
More about Nina:
Nina Hersher is CEO and Co-founder of the Digital Wellness Collective, a global trade association of Digital Wellness experts and organizations collaborating to enhance human relationships through the intentional use and development of technology.
Hersher is an international speaker and leading expert in Digital Wellness, holding a specialized MSW from Washington University in St. Louis in Norms of Connectivity and Reconceptualizing Human Development in the 21st Century, and holds additional credentials as an Oasis in the Overwhelm Facilitator, Teen Ou...
2020-12-2820 min
Distraction Free Life PodcastGovernment & Public Initiatives With Mark RitchieTo learn more or get involved visit www.ieshgujral.weebly.com
More about Mark:
Former Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie for decades has been a member of Global Minnesota, a nationally known nonprofit that promotes international education. At 67, he has been named its new president.
Ritchie holds a master’s degree in public affairs from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, and serves on several boards, including the Minnesota Military Museum, Minnesota Historical Society and Lifesource. In 2000 and again in 2016, he won the Twin Cities International Ci...
2020-12-2847 min
Distraction Free Life PodcastTechnology with Susan ReynoldsTo learn more or get involved visit www.ieshgujral.weebly.com
More about Susan:
Susan Reynolds has over 20 years of experience in digital wellbeing, mindfulness and youth leadership. From 1985 to 2003, she was an Engish and social students teacher, curriculum developer, and first Director of Academic Technology at the Fenn School in Concord, MA. She taught her students to develop critical thinking and cooperative learning skills to be forward thinking citizens in the digital age. In 1997, she founded ABC Legacy with programming focused on harnessing the positive aspects of technology while mitigating the negative ones.
2020-11-1932 min
Distraction Free Life PodcastDistracted Driving with Colonel LangerFor more information visit www.ieshgujral.weebly.com
http://www.mntroopers.com/ http://www.minnesotatzd.org/ https://www.shreyadixit.org/ https://www.handsfreem.org/
More about Matt:
Colonel Matt Langer has been a Minnesota State Trooper since 1999. He began his career in the St. Paul station where he worked the afternoon shift. He spent more than four years on the Metro Crash Reconstruction Team where he reconstructed hundreds of fatal and serious injury crashes. He was the director of the State Patrol’s fleet and asset management section before assuming public information duties. As a C...
2020-07-1423 min2020-07-0200 min