All the headlines from our Distracted Driving Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 3 2016 // Tulsa, Okla., police say a modest number of citations have been issued in the first year after Oklahoma banned texting and driving.The Tulsa World reports 75 citations were issued by the police department between Nov. 1,...
Oct 18 2016 // American teens who use their smartphones when they’re behind the wheel are also more likely to participate in other dangerous driving behaviors, like speeding, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or...
Oct 3 2016 // Kansas has launched a campaign against texting while driving that includes a contest for university fans.The Kansas Department of Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer announced the campaign, Don’t Text #Just Drive,...
Sep 22 2016 // Kansas has launched a campaign against texting while driving that includes a contest for university fans.The Kansas Department of Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer announced the campaign. The campaign’s message,...
Sep 2 2016 // Ohio Mutual Insurance Group plans to offer its policyholders distracted driving technology from Cellcontrol to help reduce distracted driving claims.Cellcontrol is a combination hardware device and software. A toll booth...
Aug 26 2016 // Social media and FOMO (fear of missing out) could be putting road-users at risk, as motorists admit to checking social networking sites and reading messages on their phones while driving, according to UK insurer Aviva.A...
Aug 15 2016 // Tesla said last week that one of its cars had crashed in Beijing while in ‘autopilot’ mode, with the driver contending sales staff sold the function as ‘self-driving’, overplaying its actual...
Jul 25 2016 // We have all seen the stories in the news. After many years of a declining trend in the number of accidents, the number of accidents has spiked in the last two years. Insurers have an opportunity to educate the public and...
Jul 15 2016 // Driving while talking on a hands-free phone can be as distracting as talking on a hand-held mobile, according to researchers at the University of Sussex in England.“A popular misconception is that using a mobile...
Jul 12 2016 // Two recent crashes on the same road in Indiana’s Elkhart County highlight the dangers of distracted driving accidents involving motor vehicles and horse-drawn buggies.On May 29, a 17-year-old girl who rear-ended a...
Jul 11 2016 // The number of California drivers using cellphones is rising, as are deaths and injuries blamed on distracted driving.The California Office of Traffic Safety reported in late June that nearly 13 percent of drivers were seen...
Jul 6 2016 // The number of people killed or injured in accidents caused by use of electronic devices doubled in Iowa last year.Fourteen people were killed statewide in 2015, compared to seven the previous year, according to the Globe...
Jun 24 2016 // The number of California drivers using cellphones is rising, as are deaths and injuries blamed on distracted driving.The California Office of Traffic Safety reported this week that nearly 13 percent of drivers were seen...
Jun 20 2016 // Seattle-based PEMCO Insurance announced that nearly half of Northwest drivers admit they illegally use their phones while driving – and a majority do it because they don’t think it’s “too...
Jun 17 2016 // Maximum penalties will be higher for violating state laws in Louisiana that ban texting or posting to social media sites while driving and that restrict cell phone use for young drivers.Gov. John Bel Edwards announced this...
May 24 2016 // Just six months after Oklahoma’s ban on texting and driving went into effect, advocacy groups are calling for even broader measures to curb distracted driving.Oklahoma was among the last states to pass a texting and...
May 20 2016 // Massachusetts state data show that the number of people getting ticketed by police for texting while driving in Massachusetts has steadily increased since it became illegal six years ago. The state Transportation...
May 16 2016 // While much has been made about the dangers of texting and driving, less attention has been focused on the age-old distractions of being absentminded or upset while driving. A team of researchers from the University of...
May 6 2016 // Delaware Gov. Jack Markell is pledging his support for a bill to toughen penalties for texting or otherwise using a handheld phone while driving.After experiencing a virtual reality demonstration May 3 of the potentially...
May 2 2016 // Sitka, Alaska officials have approved an ordinance that prohibits drivers from using their cellphones while driving.The measure approved by the Sitka Assembly last week bans more cellphone uses while driving than state...