Requires the Secretary of Transportation, subject to available funds, to commission the National Academies to study how driver-controlled technology (touchscreens, tactile controls, and smartphone use) affects severe traffic injuries and fatalities, including impacts on pedestrians, bicyclists, and other vulnerable road users. The Secretary must publish the Academies’ findings within 24 months of the agreement and deliver concrete recommendations within 2 months after the report, distinguishing actions the agency can take now from items that would require new federal law.

The law provides statutory definitions for key terms (e.g., driver-controlled technology, touch‑screen systems, tactile motor vehicle control), directs the study’s look‑back period (no earlier than 10 years before the agreement), identifies specific topics to examine (user interface design, comparisons to smartphone distraction, time‑of‑day and road‑condition effects, data‑collection gaps), and instructs courts to defer to reasonable DOT interpretations without delaying required rulemakings.