The Missouri insurance department is mounting a campaign against distracted driving. The agency says that its “Mo Eyes on the Road” campaign will target parents and teenagers through social media, online and printed information and public service announcements. The campaign …
A three-year-old law barring Indiana drivers from texting while driving has generated more frustration than tickets from police officers, who say the law makes it hard to prove a driver is in violation. The 2011 law was a follow-up to …
A recent 10-day statewide crackdown on drivers who send or receive text messages on their cell phones resulted in dozens of citations, but officials say there are some gray areas that make enforcing the law a challenge. The Kansas Highway …
While smoking among American teens has fallen to a 22-year low, most adolescents admit to engaging in a new type of risky behavior: texting while driving. About 60 percent of American high school seniors say they have texted behind the …
Motorists routinely may see fellow drivers texting and driving, but police rarely do, making enforcement of North Dakota’s distracted driving law difficult to enforce, authorities say. “When a squad car is in the area, a driver usually will hide the …
Northeast regional insurance group Plymouth Rock Assurance released the results of a new study revealing nearly two-thirds of drivers polled engage in distracted driving behavior every day. Results also show: More than one-half of respondents have witnessed another driver texting …
Curved LED televisions embedded in the windshield of real vehicles will serve as centerpieces of Allstate Insurance Company’s “Reality Rides” 2014 national campaign tour. Kicking off during the peak of “Distracted Driving Awareness Month,” Reality Rides is a unique driving …
The Washington’s Traffic Safety Commission says officers across the state will be cracking down on distracted driving between Thursday and next Tuesday as part of a national enforcement campaign. The commission says more than 100 law enforcement agencies throughout the …
A man who was hurt in a Los Angeles accident he blamed on a texting driver is asking a California appeals court for permission to seek punitive damages, his lawyers said Tuesday. Joseph Schultz’s attorneys filed a petition last week …
Iowa lawmakers granted initial approval Tuesday of a bill that would further crack down on texting while driving by allowing officers to pull over motorists suspected of that sole offense. A three-member Senate transportation subcommittee unanimously approved the measure. It …