University of Iowa researcher Dan McGehee stopped his black Volvo SUV alongside a gap in the row of parked cars near the Johnson County Courthouse, tapped the display panel and sat back. The vehicle’s computer scanned its surroundings and pinged, …
Three people jumped into a Baton Rouge, La., lake after watching a vehicle get rearended and careen into the water. WBRZ-TV reports the St. George Fire Department said there was only one person in the vehicle, the driver, when it …
The state bar association is seeking to change Illinois’ zero-tolerance DUI law through a bill that’s already been submitted to the state Legislature. The measure cites a December 2011 Lake Island incident in which a father was charged with homicide …
Some Maine law enforcement agencies are already launching stepped-up traffic enforcement in advance of the Fourth of July weekend. Col. Robert Williams, the state police chief, said troopers will be looking for aggressive, drunk and distracted drivers, speeders, those texting, …
Gov. Pat Quinn has signed three road safety bills into law, including one beefing up adult drivers’ education requirements. Another lets the Secretary of State’s office reject driver’s permits or licenses for drivers 18 years and younger who have pending …
The National Transportation Safety Board has concluded that a distracted driver in a truck with bad brakes was the probable cause of a fiery collision with an Amtrak passenger train that left six dead in northern Nevada last year. On …
A Minnesota man made a tearful plea for leniency before a judge sentenced him to just over four years in prison for a crash that killed two people, including a woman with whom he allegedly was having sex while driving. …
Police say a man arrested in a Southeast Texas city for riding his unicycle in the nude was distracting drivers and creating a hazard. Kemah police Chief Greg Rikard says 45-year-old Joseph Glynn Farley was not intoxicated or impaired when …
State highway officials have announced that 330 people have been cited for violating the state’s hands-free cell phone law during a one-day sweep last week. Authorities said on Tuesday that the April 21 crackdown was part of National Distracted Driving …