MENU
SEARCHMENUSEARCH
The study also reveals the double standard that most drivers hold when it comes to engaging in distracted driving.
Read More →
This study, which identifies the role of unconscious thought processes in texting and driving, found that texting while driving is predicted by a person's level of habit — more so than how much someone texts.
Read More →
Researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) have found that it takes a driver twice as long to react when he or she is distracted by reading or sending a text message.
Read More →Several bills to ban or limit wireless phone use while driving already have been filed as Texas lawmakers convene the 2011 legislative session in January.
Read More →Nearly 19 months after a texting ban went into effect in California, the level of texting and use of other devices such as smart phones has jumped to 2.7 percent of drivers at any time – about double where it was before the law went into effect in January 2009.
Read More →BATON ROUGE, LA - The Louisiana House sidetracked a bill May 6 that would have banned truck drivers from talking on hand-held cell phones while driving.
Read More →BRUCE, MS - Hardin Trucking, Inc. and affiliated partner employees are banned from texting or talking on a hand-held cell phone while behind the wheel of a company vehicle or while using a company-issued phone in their personal vehicle.
Read More →WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recognized Wyoming yesterday for becoming the 20th state to enact a statewide ban prohibiting drivers from texting while behind-the-wheel.
Read More →SACRAMENTO - The cost of a ticket for texting or using a hand-held phone in California would be among the toughest in the nation if a bill introduced in the state senate becomes law.
Read More →WASHINGTON - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood unveiled sample legislation Feb. 22 to be used as a starting point for states crafting new laws to prohibit texting while behind-the-wheel, the latest step in the campaign against distracted driving.
Read More →