Greenville, S.C., has banned texting while driving. City council voted Monday to make it illegal to use a hand-held device while driving. The ban taking effect April 1 also applies to vehicles stopped in traffic or at a stop sign. …
A North Carolina woman faces murder and other charges after authorities say she was texting a message when she hit and killed a 75-year-old woman walking to visit a neighbor. The North Carolina Highway Patrol says 45-year-old Belinda Strange Hudspeth …
A recent survey commissioned by USAA shows that service members who have been deployed text significantly less while driving than those who never have been deployed (39 percent to 53 percent). Service members within six months of their return from …
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed two tough new measures intended to keep dangerous drivers off the road by taking their licenses. In his State of the State address, the Cuomo said he wants a one-year license suspension for anyone under …
Texting while driving is responsible for nearly 1,100 traffic related injuries a day, according to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration. It’s reaching epidemic proportions, which is one reason LA Kings’ Captain Dustin Brown is partnering with Mercury Insurance …
Authorities are investigating a deadly wrong-way collision that killed two girls after learning the driver allegedly tweeted she was drunk just hours before the accident. Florida Highway Patrol officials said the 20-year-old driver Kayla Mendoza was headed the wrong way …
The lawyer for a Florida couple has dropped an appeal of a New Jersey texting while driving ruling. Attorney Stephen Weinstein represents a couple who each lost a leg in 2009 when their motorcycle was struck in New Jersey by …
Mt. Washington Assurance Corporation, a home and personal auto insurance carrier serving New Hampshire, released findings from the company’s New Hampshire Distracted Driving Study. The study was conducted to measure the awareness of and response to the state’s distracted driving …
Traffic citation statistics indicate there hasn’t been a big upswing in tickets for Ohio motorists who text while driving. The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday that a check of three populous counties didn’t find many citations under the Ohio ban that …
Americans are much less worried about drunken, drowsy and aggressive driving than they were four years ago even though traffic deaths have begun to edge back up, according to a national survey released by AAA. The share of people who …