Latest Distracted Driving Headlines
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Boston Transit Toughening Its Cellphone Policy for Drivers
Jun 18 2014 // The MBTA in Boston is toughening its cellphone policy for drivers, saying any bus or train operator would face dismissal for carrying a phone or other electronic device on the job even if it is not being used. The new...
Delaware House Approves Higher Fine for Phone Use While Driving
Jun 16 2014 // A proposed increase in the first-time penalty for using a handheld cell phone or other electronic device while driving is making progress in the Delaware General Assembly. The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, reports...
South Carolina Lawmakers Approve Statewide Texting Ban
Jun 6 2014 // South Carolina lawmakers have overwhelmingly passed a statewide ban on texting while driving. Under the ban approved by the state House in a 94-2 vote and by the Senate 42-2 on Wednesday, drivers who violate the law would...
South Carolina Lawmakers Agree on Bill for Statewide Texting Ban
Jun 5 2014 // A joint state House and Senate committee has reached a compromise on legislation which would ban on texting while driving in South Carolina. Under the proposed ban, drivers must be fully parked to be able to text using a...
Maryland State Police Issuing More Tickets for Distracted Driving
May 12 2014 // Maryland State Police troopers have issued more electronic tickets for distracted driving in the last seven months than they did in all of 2013, according to agency data reflecting enforcement of a new state law targeting...
South Carolina Beauty Queen Urges Texting-While-Driving Ban
May 9 2014 // Miss South Carolina Brooke Mosteller has thrown her tiara into the political ring. Following in the footsteps of her uncle, Sen. Chip Campsen, R-Isle of Palms, Mosteller joined scores of pageant contestants at the...
New Funding Allows Crackdown on Texting While Driving in North Dakota
May 5 2014 // 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...
550 Cited in Minnesota for Texting While Driving
May 5 2014 // The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says law enforcement officers across Minnesota cited 550 people for texting while driving during a recent 10-day crackdown on distracted driving. The enhanced enforcement campaign...
South Carolina Locals Enact Own Texting Bans While State Stalls
Apr 25 2014 // After years of facing fierce opposition, the idea of South Carolina passing a statewide texting-while-driving ban is becoming a real possibility. Earlier this month the state Senate and House passed separate bills aimed at...
550 Cited in Minnesota for Texting While Driving
Apr 23 2014 // The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says law enforcement officers across Minnesota cited 550 people for texting while driving during a recent 10-day crackdown on distracted driving. The enhanced enforcement campaign...
New Jersey Officials Fighting to End ‘Epidemic of Driver Inattention’
Apr 16 2014 // New Jersey’s Acting Attorney General John Hoffman this week announced the staggering toll driver inattention has taken on New Jersey’s roadways in the past 10 years. Hoffman said New Jersey has experienced a...
Use of Cellphone Tracking Device in Michigan County Questioned
Apr 11 2014 // Oakland County commissioners asked no questions last March before unanimously approving a cellphone tracking device so powerful it was used by the military to fight terrorists. Now, though, some privacy advocates question...
N.H. to Consider Banning Use of Hand-Held Cellphones While Driving
Apr 2 2014 // A New Hampshire Senate panel is holding a hearing this week on a measure to ban the use of hand-held cellphones while driving. The House-passed bill also bans all cellphone use by minors behind the wheel. The bill...
South Carolina’s City’s Tough Ban on Using Cellphone While Driving in Effect
Apr 2 2014 // South Carolina’s toughest law on using cellphones while driving is now on the books in Greenville. The law took effect Tuesday. It bans drivers from using any hand-held devices while a vehicle is in operation,...
Bill Banning Cellphone Use While Driving Stalls in Louisiana
Mar 26 2014 // It appears Louisiana drivers won’t face new limits on their cellphone use. An annual effort seeking to prohibit hand-held cellphone use by motorists stalled in the House Transportation Committee. After facing...
South Dakota Legislature Approves Texting While Driving Ban
Mar 24 2014 // After years of debate on the issue, the South Dakota Legislature has finally approved a statewide ban on texting while driving. The state House voted 52-18 in favor of the measure and senators approved it by a 28-7...
Teens Know Drinking, Texting Risks But Don’t Always Drive Like They Do
Mar 18 2014 // From drinking or texting while driving to using a designated driver, there is a disconnect between what teenagers acknowledge as risky behavior and what they actually admit to doing behind the wheel, according to a survey...
Colorado Bill Limiting Drivers’ Use Of Cellphones Stalls
Mar 14 2014 // New restrictions on cellphone use while driving stalled in the Colorado House on Wednesday as lawmakers wrestled with emotional testimony and the logistics of enforcing the proposal. With the bill, Colorado would join 12...
Poll: Most Mississippians Support Ban on Texting While Driving for All Motorists
Mar 13 2014 // A new survey released this month says most Mississippians support tightening the state’s law on texting while driving. Currently Mississippi prohibits texting while driving for those with a learner’s permit or...
Colorado Lawmakers Consider Limiting Cellphones In Cars
Mar 13 2014 // Drivers would have to use a hands-free device to use their cellphones under a bill being considered by Colorado state lawmakers. The bill would make it illegal to use a cell phone to make calls or use apps while driving....
