Distracted Driving

In California and various other parts of the country that Interstate 80 runs through, officers will be using the final seven days of July as a platform with which to crack down on those drivers whose actions could compromise safety along the aforementioned highway. The I-80 Challenge Highway Safety Initiative, as it’s being called, will find numerous… read more

Los Angeles drivers fed up with traffic jams around the area have something else they can be mad about:  texting drivers.  The Washington State Patrol has come to the conclusion that many of the minor accidents which create traffic jams would never happen if the drivers involved weren’t texting at the time of the incident. … read more

Thanks to a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, this week will find officers with the Soledad Police Department taking part in two enforcement crackdowns over the course of as many days.  On Thursday, officers will be frequenting those areas that have typically been susceptible to crashes related to distracted driving.  Anyone caught… read more

This weekend, a Mixed Martial Arts champ will drop by a driving school in Colfax, California to talk about the importance of refraining from distracted driving.  The Empire Driving School will host the event, dubbed the Day of Safety.  The fighter explains that the issue is important to him as a parent to a teen,… read more

One of the biggest issues facing states that have outlawed cellphones at the wheel is catching people engaging in that act.  And although California’s recent crackdown on such behavior shows that officers are having no problem finding people to hand out tickets to, it should be noted that New York has had success with using… read more

At the end of last week, police in the city of Chula Vista sought to crack down on drivers using their cellphones at the wheel.  As a result of the six hour operation this past Friday, 40 persons found themselves on the receiving end of a ticket for distracted driving.  One additional driver pulled over… read more

We recently discussed the many grants that have been rewarded throughout the state in order to make improvements in matters of safety.  In the areas of Orange County and Los Angeles Counties alone, the California Office of Traffic Safety made over $10 million available for a variety of safety initiatives.  In Glendale, $228,000 has been… read more

All across the state, various safety efforts are receiving funding based off of grants rewarded via the California Office of Traffic Safety.  A new article focuses specifically on the efforts of the University of California-San Diego to promote safety by attempting to reduce instances of distracted driving and other mishaps. $87 million in total was… read more

We recently brought you word of a study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety which revealed that hands-free texting and driving can be as dangerous if not more so than manual texting at the wheel.  But a new report wonders exactly why that is, considering that these systems were developed in the first place… read more

A number of tips are being offered by the American Red Cross in order to ensure the summer is going to remain safe for citizens all across the country.  No matter where you drive this summer, be it to work or to take your family on a long overdue vacation, the advice would be important… read more

At the beginning of July, Virginia will join the ranks of those states that have made it illegal to text and drive.  Such a move is only appropriate considering that the oft-cited statistics that texting leaves one 23 times as likely to be in a crash and that it takes a person’s eyes away from… read more

Parents with teens out of school for the summer and driving for the first time might feel that they have their work cut out for them attempting to ensure safety.  To lend a helping hand, some critical safety advice has been put together by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and we’d like to relate… read more