Pasadena Anti-Distraction Crackdown Bears Fruit
This past Monday, police in the city of Pasadena increased patrolling efforts in a bid to catch distracted persons at the wheel. Ostensibly carried out in order to ensure back to school safety, the operation found 15 motorcycle-based officers routed throughout the city. Now, the department has said that their efforts resulted in over 100… read more
Research Reveals Risks of Texting Among ADHD-Prone Teen Drivers
A new study sought to establish some sort of link between Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and texting and driving as well as to identify how big of a threat texting poses to both those who do and those who do not suffer from the condition. The research was made available yesterday in the JAMA Pediatrics… read more
Distracted Driving Tickets Abundant in Yuba and Marysville
A new report focuses on the anti-distracted driving efforts of police in the cities of Yuba and Marysville during an operation that took place all throughout Sacramento and the nearby area until the end of June. Called “Phone In One Hand, Ticket In The Other,” the operation netted 600 tickets between the two cities. All… read more
Doctors Encouraged To Ask Patients About Their Texting Habits
Researchers from the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta explain that the key to rooting out distracted driving among some individuals is to get doctors more involved. They believe that such medical professionals may be able to influence positive behavior among citizens. Their position is detailed in the Canada Family Physician journal. … read more
Research Breaks Distractions Down By Category
Recently, research out of the University of Utah revealed that hands-free cellphone usage at the wheel could actually be as dangerous or even more dangerous as using one’s hands to manually manipulate a cellphone. The study was widely featured in news outlets around the country, but a new report delves further into the scale that… read more
Washington State Patrol Blames Traffic Snarls on Texting At The Wheel
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
Colfax Anti-Texting Effort Garners The Assistance of MMA Champ
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
Figuring Out Why Hands-Free Texting and Driving Is So Dangerous
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
Texting and Driving Ban Draws Near in Virginia
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
California Hands-Free Cellphone Ban Fails to Achieve Passage
Last week, hopes for the passage of a ban on even hands-free texting and cellphone usage while driving in California were squashed when support for the bill eroded. The measure was brought in front of the Appropriations Committee of the state Assembly, at which point three persons who had theretofore been in favor of such… read more
La Mesa Distracted Driving Crackdown Nets 56 Violators
This past Friday, police in the city of La Mesa took part in an anti-distracted driving operation made possible through funds supplied by the NHTSA and the California Office of Traffic Safety. For six hours, the Traffic Safety Enforcement Program was in effect, and as a result, 56 people found themselves on the receiving end… read more
Lubbock, Texas Delays Texting Ban to Widen Its Reach
The City Council of Lubbock, Texas, was set to make an initial vote on a texting and driving ban yesterday, but the matter was pulled by the Mayor at the last minute. But instead of pulling it because she’s not in favor of the measure, she instead would like to see the ban expanded to… read more