All the headlines from our Distracted Driving Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 28 2010 // Michigan lawmakers took a key step this week toward prohibiting the use of cell phones to send or read text messages while driving, but some say the measure is watered down and wouldn’t do enough to crack down on...
Jan 26 2010 // The U.S. government Tuesday banned hand-held “texting” by drivers of large commercial trucks and buses to avoid the danger of distracted driving.Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement the...
Jan 26 2010 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry signed an executive order banning state employees from texting while driving on state business. State Sen. Debbe Leftwich applauds the move but wants to take it a little further by prohibiting...
Jan 22 2010 // Several young adults from West Virginia are starring in a new educational film on the dangers of distracted driving that is to be released this spring.Charleston, West Virginia-based MotionMasters is producing the film,...
Jan 22 2010 // A Rhode Island lawmaker is renewing his push to ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones while behind the wheel.Pawtucket Democrat Peter Kilmartin introduced a bill Tuesday that bans drivers and bicyclists from using...
Jan 15 2010 // The Alabama Legislature has taken the first step toward banning drivers from sending or writing a text message while operating a vehicle on a public road. The House Public Safety Committee approved a bill this week that...
Jan 8 2010 // State Rep. Ken Guin says Alabama needs to ban people from text messaging while driving a motor vehicle, and a recent experience with a driver swerving “all over the road” is a reason why.“I started to...
Dec 29 2009 // Illinois, Kansas, New Hampshire and Oregon will bring in the new year with new state laws aimed at cracking down on distracted driving, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).Of the four...
Dec 22 2009 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has banned state employees from sending text messages while driving government-owned vehicles.Beshear issued an executive order that says he took the step in an effort to reduce the number of...
Dec 18 2009 // Northwestern Pennsylvania’s largest city has banned hand-held cell phone use by those driving vehicles or riding bicycles. Erie City Council approved the measure this Wednesday. Mayor Joe Sinnott says he’ll...
Dec 10 2009 // The Michigan House has voted to prohibit the use of cell phones to send text messages while driving.The main bill in the package passed the House by a 94-13 vote Tuesday. A similar measure passed a Senate committee earlier...
Dec 9 2009 // A Boston city councilor is hoping his proposal to ban drivers from sending text messages will spur a statewide ban on a practice most consider dangerous.John Tobin says he expects his fellow councilors to sign off on the...
Dec 6 2009 // While cell phone use increases the risk for vehicle accidents, research has not yet verified that banning such devices improves driving performance, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).The...
Dec 4 2009 // After Missouri’s youngest drivers were told to quit sending cell phone text messages, lawmakers are going after everybody else. Several lawmakers have filed bills for the 2010 legislative session that starts Jan. 6...
Nov 19 2009 // Gov. Charlie Crist has urged Florida lawmakers to ban texting while driving. Crist this week asked Julie Jones, executive director of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, to include such a measure in her...
Nov 15 2009 // New Yorkers: Put the BlackBerry away if you’re behind the wheel.New York’s law against texting-while-driving went into effect this month. The new law forbids the use of mobile devices for reading, typing and...
Nov 4 2009 // West Virginia’s lawmakers have tried and failed to ban texting and talking on cell phones, but that effort may get a new boost from Washington.Sen. Jay Rockefeller wants grant money for states that ban texting while...
Nov 3 2009 // New Yorkers: Put the BlackBerry away if you’re behind the wheel.New York’s law against texting while driving went into effect Sunday. The new law forbids the use of mobile devices for reading, typing and...
Nov 2 2009 // A proposal to ban Rhode Islanders from texting while driving is one step closer to becoming law.The state House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would bar drivers from sending, writing or reading a...
Nov 1 2009 // The Obama administration reported that nearly 6,000 people were killed and a half-million injured last year in vehicle crashes connected to driver distraction, a striking indication of the dangers of using mobile devices...