Latest Distracted Driving Headlines
All the headlines from our Distracted Driving Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Police in Nevada Ticket 75 Distracted Drivers During 3-Week Blitz
Apr 29 2016 // Henderson, Nev., police say officers looking for distracted drivers during a three-week enforcement blitz ticketed 75 motorists for infractions like texting, checking emails, accessing the Internet or talking on...
At Least 36 Killed by Distracted Driving in Arizona Last Year
Apr 22 2016 // State transportation officials say 36 people died and more than 8,000 were involved in accidents as the result of distracted driving last year. April is national Distracted Driving Awareness Month and Arizona Department of...
Maine Police Step Up Distracted Driving Enforcement
Apr 21 2016 // The Augusta, Maine, Police Department says officers in the state’s capital city will be more focused on cracking down on distracted driving from now until September. Sgt. Christian Behr says extra patrols dedicated...
Crashes Increase on Texas Roads; Distracted Driving Part of the Problem
Apr 18 2016 // The number of vehicle crashes in Texas involving injuries and fatalities rose from 139,646 in 2011 to 155,844 in 2014, an increase of 12 percent. That unfortunate trend continued in 2015, the Insurance Council of Texas...
Louisiana Lawmakers Back Motorist Bills: License Plate Scans; Texting; Seatbelts
Apr 15 2016 // Louisiana lawmakers have approved several bills related to driving safety. A proposal filed by Republican Sen. Ronnie Johns to allow law enforcement agencies to automatically scan motorists’ license plates was passed...
New Sheriff in Mississippi County to Crackdown on Texting While Driving
Apr 15 2016 // Tickets for texting while driving may start to rise in Harrison County. Since Troy Peterson became sheriff in January, deputies have written a total of 22 tickets — 13 citations filed in Justice Court and nine...
Massachusetts Police Cracking Down on Distracted Driving
Apr 13 2016 // State and local police across Massachusetts have launched a crackdown on texting behind the wheel and other forms of distracted driving. The effort by the Executive Office of Public Safety Highway Safety Division is...
N.Y. Authorities Wrote 85K Tickets for Texting While Driving in 2015
Apr 11 2016 // The number of drivers issued a ticket for talking on a hand-held cellphone is dropping in New York state — though more people than ever are being caught texting while behind the wheel. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said...
Distracted Driving a Problem as Crashes Increase on Texas Roads
Apr 6 2016 // In 2015, the number of vehicle crashes in Texas involving both injuries and fatalities continued an unfortunate trend of increases over past years, an insurer trade group reported. The Insurance Council of Texas says...
New Jersey Bill Would Make Texting While Walking Illegal
Mar 28 2016 // Jared Schumacher is among the hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans who routinely use electronic devices to text, listen to music or do other tasks as they walk outdoors. But if a “distracted walking” measure...
Distracted Driving Crashes Increase in Wisconsin
Mar 15 2016 // The number of traffic crashes associated with distracted driving is on the rise in Wisconsin, including the number of fatal accidents. More than 24,000 crashes involving a distracted driver occurred in 2015, compared with...
Groups Push for Texting-While-Driving Ban in Missouri
Mar 9 2016 // Law enforcement, health care, insurance and transportation groups are urging Missouri lawmakers to ban texting while driving. A House panel heard testimony on three bills that would make it an infraction for a driver to...
Pennsylvania Police Challenged in Catching Texting Motorists
Feb 4 2016 // Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Assistant District Attorney Heath Long could not prove that a young man was texting when he careened his pickup into another, killing a grandfather and his teenaged granddaughter. “What...
Mass. Senate to Consider Ban on Using Handheld Cellphones While Driving
Jan 21 2016 // Motorists in Massachusetts may soon have to put down their cellphones when they’re on the road. A bill prohibiting the use of hand-held mobile electronic devices while driving would also make it illegal to enter...
Utah’s Texting While Driving Stops Rise Again in 2015
Dec 31 2015 // More people were pulled over for texting, emailing or checking Facebook on their cellphones behind the wheel on Utah’s highways in a six-month snapshot of 2015, marking a second year of growth in stops since the law...
Oklahoma Troopers Write 90-Plus ‘Texting and Driving’ Tickets in November
Dec 2 2015 // Authorities have written nearly 100 tickets for texting while driving in the first month Oklahoma state’s ban has been in effect. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. John Vincent says troopers have written 91 tickets for...
New Oklahoma Texting While Driving Law Now in Effect
Nov 16 2015 // A new law making it illegal to text and drive in Oklahoma became effective on Nov. 1. People caught reading or writing texts or emails while driving will be fined $100 under the Trooper Nicholas Dees and Trooper Keith...
New Oklahoma Texting Law Now in Effect
Nov 3 2015 // A new law making it illegal to text and drive in Oklahoma has received plenty of attention, but it’s just one of more than 250 laws enacted on Nov. 1. People caught reading or writing texts or emails while driving...
AAA: Using Hands-Free Technology While Driving Is ‘Surprisingly’ Risky
Nov 2 2015 // Mental distractions can persist for as long as 27 seconds after dialing, changing music or sending a text using voice commands, according to new research on distracted driving. Drivers using phones and vehicle information...
Distracted Driving Ban Takes Effect in Arizona City
Oct 26 2015 // A new ordinance banning the use of any mobile device while driving a vehicle in Tempe went into effect over the weekend. A distracted driving ordinance approved by Tempe City Council members last month began Saturday. The...
