Teens text message while in the driver seat

Edward Schmidt, the husband of a pregnant woman and father of three boys who were killed in a car crash last summer has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against...

  Starting on October 1, 2017, Oregon’s new distracted driving law will go into effect. According to The Oregonian, the law prohibits drivers from using their phone or any...

“Ran into a pole … hurt pretty bad. Lesson learned: don’t text while running” This is a picture of a teenager who tried to send a text while running....

An online pledge campaign called TXT L8R, set up by Central Oregon’s KTVZ, is asking drivers to commit to putting the phone down. “When you take your eyes off...

Following a rash of deadly accidents caused by drivers distracted by texting and other cellphone use (like the August 2010 multi-truck and car pileup in Missouri that killed two...

Federal investigators announced today that a 19-year-old pickup truck driver involved in a deadly highway accident in Missouri in August 2010 sent or received 11 texts in the 11...

A new poll confirms what you probably know but don’t want to think about: a large majority of drivers admit to being dangerously distracted while behind the wheel. Conducted...

The research group Consumer Reports and the U.S. Department of Transportation teamed up recently for a summit on the consequences of distracted driving.  While talking or texting on a...

Utah has the toughest penalties in the country for text messaging drivers who cause a fatality in a crash. The new law, where offenders face a maximum of 15...

On New York Times online we noticed an article about the Governors Highway Safety Association who put out a message yesterday banning text messaging while driving. This push comes after many studies...