It has now been a year since Kentucky banned texting while driving, and a recent report shows that 144 citations have been issued since the beginning of the year to texting drivers.
Although the law came into effect in July 2010, police officers only gave out warnings for the first six months.  While some may see [...]

Formula 1 drivers may drive up to 220 mph, but now some of them are plenty aware of the dangers of texting while driving.
During the festivities of Montreal’s Formula 1 Grand Prix, FIA’s official Road Safety Ambassador Michael Schumacher of Team Mercedes Benz and Felipe Massa of Team Ferrari climbed into a driving simulator from [...]

Many students point out teen drivers as more at risk of being involved in a car crash due to texting while driving. Unfortunately in this case, statistics seem to be right.
This week, an 18 year-old student at Sonoma State University has been charged with misdemeanor vehicle manslaughter for allegedly running over a 2 year old [...]

At a time were graduations, proms and summer travel are about to begin, mobile operator AT&T announced a 4 year initiative against texting while driving.
Under the campaign titled “Txtng & Drivng … It Can Wait”, the company will develop a program of 40 student ambassadors through the National Organizations for Youth Safety.  These ambassadors will [...]

In the first year since Rhode Island banned texting while driving, local authorities have issued 185 citations to distracted drivers, and collected nearly $11,000 in fines. 
The majority of these fines were handed out by state police troopers.  The Rhode Island State Police issued a total of 89 tickets and $5,980 in fines.  State Police Capt. [...]

Usually, teen drivers are seen as the population more prone to texting while driving.  Various factors, such as inexperience and technologies, weight against them.  But in North Carolina, it appears that teen drivers aren’t the only ones texting while driving; adults are just as bad. 
Off the 1259 citations handed out since the law went into [...]

In January 2010, two news laws regarding distracted driving became effective in Illinois, one banning the use of cell phones in construction and school zones, and another one prohibiting texting while driving.  After almost a year, the results appear to be positive. 
Through Dec. 16, at least 6,865 drivers have been caught violating the construction and [...]

A 19 year-old girl from Brooklyn, who was involved in a car accident because she was allegedly texting while driving, is now being charged of negligent homicide and may face up to 4 years in jail because of her driving distraction. 
According to the police report, the teen driver, who was driving a Toyota Camry, hit [...]

Reminder to all Wisconsin drivers:  as of today, texting while driving is illegal on the roads.
On December 1, Assembly Bill 496, which was signed into legislation by Gov. Jim Doyle on May 5th, becomes effective.  The new law prohibits a person from driving while composing or sending a text message.  Drivers caught texting while driving [...]

Florida has not been able to come up with a texting ban in the last few years.  But the Walt Disney Corporation is making a move before the state legislature does. 
A new rule bans all 60,000 Disney employees from texting while driving on the job. The ban also prohibits employees from making or receiving phone [...]