Latest Distracted Driving Headlines
All the headlines from our Distracted Driving Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. Bill to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving Placed on Hold
Apr 11 2007 // Motorists will be able to continue to ask for directions, tell their spouse what time they’ll be home, or just chatter aimlessly on their cell phone while driving in Florida. A measure that would have made it against...
Poll: Washington Drivers Support Cell Phone Legislation
Apr 11 2007 // Washington drivers believe that talking on a cell phone while driving should be legal only with a hands-free device, or made illegal altogether, according to a poll by PEMCO Insurance. According to the company’s 2007...
Ark. House Rejects Bill to Ban Cell Phone Use by Teen Drivers
Apr 4 2007 // Teenagers will not have to pull over their cars to make calls on their cell phones after House members rejected a proposal on April 2 aimed at reducing distractions for Arkansas’ younger motorists. On a 34-45 vote,...
Previously-Rejected Cell Phone Ban on Redial in Maryland Legislature
Jan 25 2007 // A cell phone ban for Maryland drivers has been considered — and rejected — many times by state lawmakers. However, two new plans before lawmakers have some asking if this is the year Maryland will join Washington, D.C....
Study: Many Teens Tired and Distracted While Driving
Jan 25 2007 // Teen drivers are often behind the wheel when they are tired or being distracted by cell phone chatter or others’ behavior, according to a new national survey of high schoolers. In the survey, 5,665 high school...
Conn. Phone-y Drivers Could Be Called Upon to Pay Bigger Fines
Jan 19 2007 // Connecticut lawmakers are considering higher fines for people who talk on their handheld cell phones while driving. More than a year after the state’s cell phone ban took effect, lawmakers say they’re concerned...
Ark Bill Seeks to Stop Teen Cell Phone Use While Driving
Jan 10 2007 // Cell phones already drive teens to distraction. But behind the wheel, the distraction can mean car crashes and injuries for drivers who already lack experience being on the road and an Arkansas state legislator wants to do...
Legislator Would ban Cell Phone use by Drivers in Ark.
Dec 13 2006 // An Arkansas state senator wants the state to force drivers to hang up their cell phones while driving – or at least own a hands-free device that would allow them to do so. Sen. Kim Hendren filed two competing...
Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving, La. Safety Official Says
Nov 15 2006 // Louisiana needs to outlaw using cellular phones while driving, but probably won’t, says the state’s top highway safety official. Jim Champagne, executive director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission,...
S.C. may put teen drivers’ cell phones on hold
Nov 6 2006 // A South Carolina legislator says he will file a bill before the end of the year to ban drivers under age 18 from using a cell phone while driving. Rep. Lanny Littlejohn says he wanted to extend the ban in his bill to all...
S.C. Pol Wants to Ban Teen Drivers’ Cell Phone Use
Oct 19 2006 // A South carolina lawmaker says he will file a bill before the end of the year than would ban drivers under age 18 from using a cell phone while driving. Rep. Lanny Littlejohn wanted to extend the ban in his bill to all...
Multitasking Drivers Pose Safety Hazard, Say Ala. Police
Sep 5 2006 // Tony Barnett has seen it all in his 25 years as a law enforcement officer. But sometimes he’s still surprised by what motorists will attempt to do while they’re driving. According to the National Highway...
Despite understanding risk, drivers gab on wireless phones
Jul 24 2006 // Despite knowing that driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time is dangerous and that it is safer to use a hands-free device to hold a cell phone, a large majority of drivers with cell phones still talk on the...
Despite understanding risk, drivers gab on wireless phones
Jul 24 2006 // Despite knowing that driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time is dangerous and that it is safer to use a hands-free device to hold a cell phone, a large majority of drivers with cell phones still talk on the...
Despite understanding risk, drivers gab on wireless phones
Jul 3 2006 // Despite knowing that driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time is dangerous and that it is safer to use a hands-free device to hold a cell phone, a large majority of drivers with cell phones still talk on the...
If N.Y. bans cell phones, what’s next— drinking coffee, driving with pets?
Jun 19 2006 // New York’s cell phone ban could clear the way for laws against anything that causes accidents, from having a pet in the car to drinking coffee, warns a lawyer fighting to have the ban declared...
News Currents
Jun 19 2006 // Despite understanding risk, drivers gab away on cell phones Despite knowing that driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time is dangerous, and that it is safer to use a hands-free device to hold the cell phone, a...
Despite Understanding Risk, Drivers Gab Away on Cell Phones
Jun 7 2006 // Despite knowing that driving and talking on a cell phone at the same time is dangerous, and that it is safer to use a hands-free device to hold the cell phone, a large majority of drivers with cell phones still talk on the...
Virginia Schedules First ‘Distracted Driver Awareness Day’ for May 3
May 1 2006 // The Virginia Department of Transportation, Drive Smart Virginia and GEICO are partnering to take action to help “reduce the use” of cell phones and other driver distractions by creating the first annual...
U.K. Male Drivers Distracted by Provocative Posters
Nov 22 2005 // Whether by intelligent design or natural selection, men – at least most men – are programmed to look at women. This assures increased species propagation and the ultimate survival of the human race. Quite...
