Western Transportation Institute to study drowsy and distracted teen driving

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Western Transportation Institute researcher Nic Ward right and DriveCam representative Rusty Weiss display a camera that will be installed in student drivers cars as part of a drowsy-distracted teen driver study. Credit: MSU photo by Kelly Gorham
Western Transportation Institute researcher Nic Ward, right, and DriveCam representative Rusty Weiss display a camera that will be installed in student drivers' cars as part of a drowsy-distracted teen driver study. Credit: MSU photo by Kelly Gorham

Over the next year, researchers at Montana State University's Western Transportation Institute will use state-of-the-art video cameras to help teenage drivers stay safe on the state's rural roads.


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