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As more state legislatures across the U.S. enact laws that ban phoning and texting while driving, a new Highway Loss Data Institute study has found no reductions in crashes after hand-held phone bans take effect.
Read More →Effective immediately, the Department of Transportation has banned texting by drivers of commercial vehicles in an effort to combat distracted driving.
Read More →By prohibiting texting while driving as it relates to company-owned vehicles and hand-held communication devices, Chrysler Group LLC becomes the first automaker to set policy on issues related to distracted driving.
Read More →In some states, cell phone use declined after a ban was enacted, but then use began going back up.
Read More →According to the survey conducted by LeaseTrader.com, road rage is the biggest distraction for male drivers, while female drivers said children in the vehicle causes the biggest distractions.
Read More →WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama issued an Executive Order Oct. 1 to prohibit texting while driving on official government business or while using government-supplied equipment.
Read More →According to a survey conducted by the Automobile Club of Southern California, there has been a 70 percent decline in California drivers who text while driving, since the implementation of the in-vehicle texting ban.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA - The American Trucking Associations strongly supports the safety objectives in new legislation that encourages states to ban texting while operating a motor vehicle.
Read More →WASHINGTON - In addition to supporting an NHTSA enforcement demonstration project showcasing how states can effectively enforce a cell phone ban, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) also urges employers ban all cell phone/texting use during working hours.
Read More →LOCKPORT, NY - After colliding with a stopped car, the tow truck flatbed went through a yard and sideswiped a house, with one of the towed vehicles hitting the house, then continued through a privacy fence and into the in-ground pool.
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