Drivers who use their phones behind the wheel are 240% more likely to be involved in a crash, according to a new report that describes how predictive analytics can help prevent such incidents.

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The report , released by the Governors Highway Safety Association and Cambridge Mobile Telematics, focuses on how telematics risk analysis, or TRA, can use physics and AI-based tools to measure patterns of risk on the road.

“TRA is an amazing opportunity for us to be able to predict and prevent crashes, versus how we’ve been dealing with highway safety, which

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