2013

New York has come up with a creative way to prevent distracted driving while still allowing drivers to send texts if they absolutely must get into contact with someone else.  Earlier this week, the Governor explained that the state would be adopting so-called texting zones along highways in New York.  If a driver must read… read more

Parents who attempt to prevent their teenagers from using their cellphones at the wheel have a tall task ahead of them, but success is not impossible to achieve, especially with current technologies.  One of those technologies, DriveID, has been tested out by Consumer Reports, which notes how it and systems like it can be used… read more

Florida, whose recently passed ban on texting and driving was rather lax in the first place, will reportedly not have a campaign in place in order to raise awareness about the relatively lenient law.  On October 1, it becomes illegal to text within the state.  However, the law is a secondary offense, so a person… read more

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the site of a meeting of the Technology and Maintenance Council, and one facet of that meeting was a recent panel called “Cab and Controls:  How to Address Distracted Driving.”  As the name suggests, numerous experts were on hand to determine how best to evaluate the threat that is distracted driving. One… read more

Yet another survey has come out which speaks to the ongoing prevalence of distracted driving.  It’s becoming clearer and clearer that this is an epidemic that affects people of all ages in all parts of the country, and we need to start taking it seriously in order to save lives. This latest study comes from… read more

A new report provides a series of tips that focus largely on how to prevent distracting acts while at the wheel.  For those drivers that have trouble putting down the phone, the advice is essential in order to improve safety. It’s hard not to take a call or shoot a quick glance at a text… read more

In the state of California, drivers are already prohibited from using their cellphones in any manner while at the wheel.  That includes both text messaging and talking on the phone.  But one area that the law doesn’t extend to is hands-free calls, which are still legal.  However, that looks to no longer be the case… read more

A new study has come out from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety which takes a look at the prevailing attitudes of some drivers toward those things that one would often think of as hazardous along the roads.  That means things like distraction, intoxication, fatigued driving, and various other potentially debilitating driving maneuvers.  However, the… read more

Numerous states have passed bans on texting and driving, but for the first time ever, an appeals court has ruled that the sender of any text message that leads to the driver being distracted to the point where they crash could be held liable for damages.  The ruling comes from New Jersey.  Although the plaintiffs… read more

The California Highway Patrol and various other police agencies throughout the state have gone all in on distracted driving enforcement.  Some research suggests that distraction could now be a greater threat to our nation’s roads than intoxicated driving.  Various public safety campaigns of the past focused on that particular threat, and thus the idea of… read more

Not too long ago, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety conducted a study that sought to determine how dangerous various driving distractions truly are.  The study, which involved both a simulator and a real-world driving experience, is analyzed in greater depth in a new report. The first distraction, and the one that was identified as… read more

Earlier this year, Florida finally made a move to ban texting while at the wheel, but lawmakers aren’t done trying to push through legislation targeting distracted driving.  A Boca Raton-based State Representative has now proposed a measure that would make it illegal for a minor to use their cellphone to carry on a conversation while… read more