A new study seems to back up the idea that drivers ought to refrain from using even voice-activated texting technology.  The news comes as California lawmakers get ready to debate a ban on such communications among all drivers. The Texas Transportation Institute conducted the study, which tracked the abilities of 43 drivers going 30 miles… read more

The City Commission of Alamogordo, New Mexico will meet tonight to debate the approval of a ban on texting and driving within the city.  As originally proposed, the ordinance would have outlawed all cellphone usage at the wheel, but the commission approved a motion that limited that proposal’s reach to texting only.  The move comes… read more

Yesterday found lawmakers in California giving their approval to a bill that would make even hands-free texting at the wheel illegal among teenage drivers.  The state Senate gave the bill the go-ahead by a 35 to 3 margin, and the measure will now move to the Assembly to be considered for final passage.  Last year,… read more

Recently, students of the Fontana Unified School District were able to participate in an event that sought to drive home the dangers presented while texting or talking on a cellphone at the wheel.  Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol helped put on the event, which found teen drivers attempting to navigate an obstacle course while… read more

The CEO of ADEPT Driver has released an editorial in the Contra Costa Times calling upon lawmakers at the California state level to ban voice-activated texting while driving.  He points to recent studies that highlight the danger that’s present even when such hands-free messaging is carried out.  Even though the individual’s hands remain on the… read more

Florida is inching closer and closer to the passage of a law that would make texting at the wheel illegal, but persons who have been impacted directly by distracted driving believe the law is so weak as to be ineffective. The bill was passed earlier this week by the Senate and now will be heard… read more

Texas lawmakers in the House have just approved a statewide ban on texting while driving, but steep opposition to the measure suggests that there might be a long way to go before final passage is achieved. The texting and driving ban passed by a 98 to 47 margin yesterday and will now be heard in… read more

More than two weeks have passed since the California Highway Patrol and other police entities initiated a crackdown on distracted driving, and the results have been pouring in as the operation is conducted.  The Redwood City chapter of the CHP has detailed the success of their own efforts up until April 16, and they’ve even… read more

We’ve been spending the past couple weeks drawing your attention to the various enforcement operations in place all throughout California as part of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.  But these types of endeavors don’t just affect our state.  As you’ll soon see, even those persons who decide to take a weekend trip to Las Vegas… read more

As part of a statewide effort to crack down on distracted driving and educate drivers about the dangers of such, police in Rohnert Park were out in full force yesterday targeting those persons who insisted on texting at the wheel and using a handheld cellphone while driving.  The agency utilized four patrol cars and two… read more

At the beginning of this week, police in the area of Sparks, Nevada, set out to issue tickets to those persons judged to be in violation of the state’s laws against distracted driving.  Over the course of the day, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department, the Sparks Police Department, and the Reno PD issued two dozen… read more

A teenager in Studio City has launched his very own safety campaign in a bid to get his fellow students to eliminate distracted driving from their lives.  Prompted by the death of a friend of his who was reportedly killed by a driver texting at the wheel, the sixteen year  old has created an initiative… read more