State using cell phone data to make Washington highways safer

Earlier this year state legislators approved funding to purchase data from traffic-related cell phone applications to access driver information.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state may use your driving habits to make roads safer and you may not know it.

Earlier this year state legislators approved funding to purchase data from traffic-related cell phone applications to access driver information, including how fast they’re going and when they’re on their phones.

“We can see a picture of behavior that we can’t get in any other way,” said Shelly Baldwin, Washington Traffic Safety Commission director.

Baldwin said Thursday morning the data does not come with

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