{"607478":{"#nid":"607478","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Safety Advocates: Georgia\u2019s Distracted Driving Law a \u2018First Step\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobert Rosenberger, associate professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, was quoted in the \u003Cem\u003EWARL\u003C\/em\u003E, June 29, article, \u0026ldquo;Safety Advocates: Georgia\u0026rsquo;s Distracted Driving Law a \u0026lsquo;First Step\u0026rsquo;.\u0026rdquo; The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERosenberger, the Georgia Tech professor, called the law \u0026ldquo;a good first step.\u0026rdquo; But he said it doesn\u0026#39;t go far enough to deter dangerous behavior.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;My worry about a law like is that it might somehow encourage using hands-free phones while driving, rather than giving the signal that you shouldn\u0026#39;t be on the phone while driving,\u0026rdquo; said Rosenberger.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m afraid that laws like this tend to signal that these things are safe, and they\u0026#39;re not safe,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;They\u0026#39;re just as bad.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wral.com\/safety-advocates-georgia-s-distracted-driving-law-a-first-step-\/17664938\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWARL\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E website\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34508","created_gmt":"2018-07-02 19:49:00","changed_gmt":"2018-07-09 16:38:07","author":"oadebola3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"equity in graduate education","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/safety-advocates-georgia-s-distracted-driving-law-a-first-step-\/17664938\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-07-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-07-02T00:00:00-04:00","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:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/robertrosenbergerweb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":40625,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/robertrosenbergerweb.jpg?itok=DSNltKPQ"}}},"media_ids":["405881"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"178359","name":"House Bill 673"},{"id":"178465","name":"Georgia driving law"},{"id":"178466","name":"hands free law"}],"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":""}}}