With nearly 6,000 deaths and more than half a million injured people in 2008 due to distracted driving, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has developed a set a guidelines for states to create laws to stop the habit of texting while driving a motor vehicle.
The legislation was developed by NHTSA and industry advisers [...]

A federal court in South Carolina recently awarded nearly $5 million to a woman whose husband was killed by a driver who was talking on her cell phone while driving.
The driver, Sharon King, was driving her company-owned car, a Chrysler Pacifica, when she killed two bicyclists, and it seems her numerous distractions may have had [...]

Missouri City decided not to wait for the state to legislate on texting while driving.  Starting June 1, 2010, the practice will be officially prohibited for all citizens.
Council members approved an amendment of a current city ordinance regulating the use of a wireless device while operating a vehicle to proscribe drivers from sending and viewing [...]

Last year, the state of Maryland passed a tentative law that prohibits drivers from sending text message, a traffic offense subject to a fine up to $500.  While it was a move in the right direction, the state is now looking to ban all text messaging activities behind the wheel.
The Senate did try to restrict [...]

Kansas already bans young drivers from texting while driving.  Now the measure may expand to all drivers under a new bill presented by the state Senate.
The Senate approved a bill in mid-February that would impose drivers caught texting behind the wheel a $100 fine for a first offense.  Ensuing offenses or causing injuries because of [...]

The Idaho legislature is looking to make texting while driving an offense punishable by up to 90 days in prison or a $300 fine.
Sen. John McGee presented his bill to the Senate Transportation Committee in February and insisted that something needed to be done to fight a practice the he sees as unacceptable as drunk [...]

A bill introduced in January looking to prohibit the use of communication devices for sending text or e-mail messages while operating a vehicle was given preliminary approval by the Wyoming Senate.
Named Senate File 20, the bill was approved 26-4 by the Senate at the beginning of February and the Senate Transportation Highways and Military Affairs [...]

Had he filmed his little video after the province’s distracted driving law took effect in October 2009, Ontario ombudsman Andre Marin would have face a fine up to 500$.  But what he was doing was far less dangerous than what he saw.
Marin was shocked to see the driver in front of him shaving his head [...]

People from the United Kingdom seem to ignore laws banning the use of their cell phone while driving, which raises questions on the effectiveness of such measures.
Statistics from the Department of Transportation show that the number of drivers using their cell phone increased by 27% in the last year.   The Department also noticed an increase [...]

A high school in Georgia offers its student an innovative course to keep the roads safer: lessons on distracted driving.
Dalton High School is trying to raise awareness among young drivers of the dangers of driving while being distracted, whether it is by texting, eating, talking on the phone, or skipping a song on their MP3 [...]