Vermont drivers may soon need to stop exchanging text messages while driving. 
Senate Bill 280 is looking to ban motorists from reading or sending text messages in their vehicle.  It would also ban drivers under the age of 18 to use a cell phone or any other electronic devices.  First time offenders would face a $100 [...]

Stephen Judd from Dracut, MA, should only have received a $100 fine because he was texting while driving on the roads of New Hampshire.  Unfortunately for him, I also received jail time.
According to reports, the police saw Judd typing a message on his cell phone at steering wheel level while driving through Pelham, New Hampshire.  [...]

Legislators in Alabama were mostly in favor of banning texting while driving this year.  Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out that way.
House Bill 35 would have prohibited text messaging while driving on Alabama’s roads. Fines would have been of 25$ for a first offense, up to 75$.  It received a large approval in a 95-3 vote [...]

Texting while driving is the biggest distraction behind the wheel for American teens.  The Allstate Foundation’s recent survey showed that 82% of teens report using cell phones while driving, while only 23% admit to drinking and driving.  And according to data collected by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, more teenagers die on May 20 [...]

Gov. Sonny Perdue may be sad that he will have to leave after 8 years in the office, but he has an opportunity to leave an important legacy behind him.  In the final hours of the 2010 session, the House and Senate approved bills that would make texting while driving illegal in Georgia.   The only [...]

It’s nice to hear some law enforcement officers say positive things about a texting law.  Less than six months after texting while driving became illegal in Colorado, the State Patrol feels that the ban had some positive impact on driving habits, but that there are still some resisting drivers on the road.
Since December 2009, about [...]

Since July 2009, it is illegal for motorists in Tennessee to exchange text messages while driving.  But like in the state of New York, not many drivers have been caught in the act.
So far, in 2010, only 47 tickets have been issued in Tennessee for texting while driving.  For Tennessee Department of Safety Public Affairs [...]

“The government of Alberta will present next fall what it calls “the most comprehensive distracted drivig legislation in Canada”, which would among other things make texting while driving illegal.
In the Traffic Safety (Distracted Driving) Amendment Act, drivers who engage in any of the activities identified as distracted driving would face a fine of $172.  Cops [...]

It has been two years since New Jersey banned drivers from using their cell phone.  And after 24 months, people do not seem to understand the dangers of distracted driving.
Since the ban, over 224,725 citations have been issued for violating the cell phone law.  An average of 9,770 drivers each month receives a $100 ticket [...]

Oprah Winfrey made April 30 National No Phone Zone Day, encouraging all Americans to shut down their cell phone while driving.  For the occasion, NBC Today show host Meredith Vieira was invited to try to text and drive live on TV.  The result was quite funny.
With the help of a driving simulator name Distractology 101, [...]