Can anything stop distracted driving?

from Headlines From The Times · host Ashlea Brown, Helen Li, David Toledo Diaz, Nicolas Perez, Roberto Reyes, Kasia Broussalian, Denise Guerra, Jazmín Aguilera, Mike Heflin, Heba Elorbany, Gustavo Arellano, Shani O. Hilton, Russ Mitchell, Mark Nieto, Mario Diaz

After a decades-long decline in automobile fatalities, numbers began to go up with the dawn of smart phones. Laws banning use of cellphones while driving haven’t stopped the rise — and the dawn of smart cars seems to be making things worse.Today, we talk about efforts to stop distracted driving — and why they don’t seem to work. Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times auto industry reporter Russ MitchellMore reading:Highways are getting deadlier, with fatalities up 22%. Our smartphone addiction is a big reason why‘We are killing people’: How technology has made your car ‘a candy store of distraction’The DMV said it would investigate Tesla over self-driving claims. Then, crickets

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After a decades-long decline in automobile fatalities, numbers began to go up with the dawn of smart phones. Not even laws have stopped the rise — and the dawn of smart cars seems to be making things worse