Aggressive and reckless riders are among the top irritants say motorcyclists, according to a national survey commissioned by Erie Insurance and conducted by Harris Poll. The online survey, conducted in June, asked nearly 200 U.S. motorcycle riders to share their …
An annual study released yesterday by Plymouth Rock Assurance in conjunction with Distracted Driving Awareness Month shows the highest percentage of New Jersey drivers surveyed in the poll’s three-year history admitting to texting while driving. While a rising percentage of …
Pop quiz: What percentage of drivers have brushed or flossed their teeth behind the wheel? While it’s crazy to think that anyone would floss their teeth while cruising down the highway, it’s just one distraction that people admitted to in …
Bruce Jenner was not texting while driving when he got into a chain-reaction crash in Malibu, Calif., that left a woman dead, and he will provide cellphone records if requested by investigators looking into the cause of the weekend accident, …
A legislative committee is set to hear public testimony on several bills aimed at combating texting while driving in Connecticut. Several state lawmakers have submitted legislation this session that creates tougher penalties for texting while driving. One bill would require …
North Carolina State Highway Patrol master trooper Chris Knox says he’s seen too many accidents caused by distracted drivers – mostly teenagers and young adults texting or emailing. So Knox and other troopers in the Highway Patrol’s Greensboro district recently …
Nearly everyone agrees that texting and driving is dangerous. Most people do it anyway. In a new survey, 98 percent of motorists who own cellphones and text regularly are aware of the dangers, yet three-quarters of them admit to texting …
Texting while driving with Google Glass is clearly a distraction, a new University of Central Florida study has concluded – but there is a twist. In the study texting Glass users outperformed smartphone users when regaining control of their vehicles …
Dover, Delaware, police have doled out more than 300 tickets to distracted drivers for texting and talking on their cell phones. The 316 tickets were part of a 12-day blitz that ended Sunday and eclipse the amount of distracted driving …
Arizona and Montana stand out as the only states without some form of texting and driving law, but some studies show there’s no evidence that laws intended to curb cellphone use behind the wheel reduce crashes. Fourty-four other states plus …