While many were frustrated in October due to the three-day outage in BlackBerry services, it appears that there is at least one positive thing to keep from this event.
Two police departments in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) noted a significant decrease in car crashes during the BlackBerry outage.  In Dubai, car accidents fell 20% from [...]

A year ago, Ani Voskanian’s changed, as the 21 year old Californian woman got involved in a car crash at the corner of California and Columbus that cost 80 year old Misak Ranjibar his life.  After a 3 month investigation Voskanian was charged with one count of felony gross vehicular manslaughter, as it was discovered [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

An 18-year-old teen from Knox County, Ohio involved in a car crash last July may be incarcerated for up to 5 years and get up to $15,000 in fines because she is suspected of texting while driving.
On August 4, it is believed that the young girl was texting while driving when she crashed into another [...]

, is investigating claims that a deputy driving the van in which they were was texting or using his cell phone minutes before a crash that occurred last week in Mt. Clemens.
Deputy James Randlett was transporting prisoners from a Macomb County Circuit Court to Macomb County Jail when he rear-ended a vehicle.  Seven inmates were [...]

It probably was an emotional night for Liz Catherman, but in the end, her daughter’s death may bring more safety in the community.
On October 13, the Meridian City Council voted unanimously on an ordinance to ban texting while driving.  Dubbed “Kassy’s Law”, it was inspired after Mrs. Catherman’s daughter Kassy was killed in a car [...]

According to a new report from the Highway Data Loss Institute, banning texting while driving does not reduce the number of car crash.  Even more surprising is the fact that some states saw their crash rate increase since banning texting while driving. 
Researchers compared the insurance claims in four states (California, Louisiana, Minnesota and Washington) in [...]

The parents of Jewell Miller, a young lady who died hours after her high school graduation in a car crashed caused by texting while driving, are hoping that their daughter’s death will help avoid others.   
Roselyn Miller and her husband are displaying their daughter’s car across Richmond County School, so that teen drivers understand the dangers [...]

A young man from Guilford, CT, was involved in a hit-and-run on July 24, and to his own admission, the crash was caused because he was texting while driving.
On the day of the incident, the 19 year old driver hit a walking woman with her dog and two children, but he failed to stop, assuming [...]