All the headlines from our Distracted Driving Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 9 2014 // Miss South Carolina Brooke Mosteller has thrown her tiara into the political ring.Following in the footsteps of her uncle, Sen. Chip Campsen, R-Isle of Palms, Mosteller joined scores of pageant contestants at the...
May 5 2014 // Motorists routinely may see fellow drivers texting and driving, but police rarely do, making enforcement of North Dakota’s distracted driving law difficult to enforce, authorities say.“When a squad car is in...
May 5 2014 // The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says law enforcement officers across Minnesota cited 550 people for texting while driving during a recent 10-day crackdown on distracted driving. The enhanced enforcement campaign...
Apr 25 2014 // After years of facing fierce opposition, the idea of South Carolina passing a statewide texting-while-driving ban is becoming a real possibility. Earlier this month the state Senate and House passed separate bills aimed at...
Apr 23 2014 // The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says law enforcement officers across Minnesota cited 550 people for texting while driving during a recent 10-day crackdown on distracted driving. The enhanced enforcement campaign...
Apr 16 2014 // New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General John Hoffman this week announced the staggering toll driver inattention has taken on New Jersey’s roadways in the past 10 years.Hoffman said New Jersey has experienced a...
Apr 11 2014 // Oakland County commissioners asked no questions last March before unanimously approving a cellphone tracking device so powerful it was used by the military to fight terrorists.Now, though, some privacy advocates question...
Apr 2 2014 // A New Hampshire Senate panel is holding a hearing this week on a measure to ban the use of hand-held cellphones while driving.The House-passed bill also bans all cellphone use by minors behind the wheel. The bill...
Apr 2 2014 // South Carolina’s toughest law on using cellphones while driving is now on the books in Greenville.The law took effect Tuesday. It bans drivers from using any hand-held devices while a vehicle is in operation,...
Mar 26 2014 // It appears Louisiana drivers won’t face new limits on their cellphone use.An annual effort seeking to prohibit hand-held cellphone use by motorists stalled in the House Transportation Committee. After facing...
Mar 24 2014 // After years of debate on the issue, the South Dakota Legislature has finally approved a statewide ban on texting while driving. The state House voted 52-18 in favor of the measure and senators approved it by a 28-7...
Mar 18 2014 // From drinking or texting while driving to using a designated driver, there is a disconnect between what teenagers acknowledge as risky behavior and what they actually admit to doing behind the wheel, according to a survey...
Mar 14 2014 // New restrictions on cellphone use while driving stalled in the Colorado House on Wednesday as lawmakers wrestled with emotional testimony and the logistics of enforcing the proposal.With the bill, Colorado would join 12...
Mar 13 2014 // A new survey released this month says most Mississippians support tightening the state’s law on texting while driving.Currently Mississippi prohibits texting while driving for those with a learner’s permit or...
Mar 13 2014 // Drivers would have to use a hands-free device to use their cellphones under a bill being considered by Colorado state lawmakers. The bill would make it illegal to use a cell phone to make calls or use apps while driving....
Mar 10 2014 // Oklahoma lawmakers are aiming to make driving safer by advancing bills that target texting while driving, using cell phones in school zones and back seat seatbelt use.The Oklahoma Senate Public Safety Committee approved...
Mar 3 2014 // A proposal to ban texting while driving in New Mexico will become official law.Gov. Susana Martinez is scheduled to sign legislation that would prohibit texting while operating a vehicle Sunday afternoon. Martinez will...
Feb 21 2014 // The Oklahoma Senate Public Safety Committee has approved legislative measures that would ban texting while driving, as well as the use of cell phones while driving in school zones.Senate Bill 442, by Sen. Ron Sharp, would...
Feb 20 2014 // Iowa lawmakers granted initial approval of a bill that would further crack down on texting while driving by allowing officers to pull over motorists suspected of that sole offense.A three-member Senate transportation...
Feb 20 2014 // The Vermont House has passed and sent to the Senate a bill banning the use of hand-held cellphones and other electronic devices while driving.The measure got preliminary approval and final House passage on Feb. 14 after...