With only 26 citations, Five Rivers MetroParks handed out the fourth most tickets of any law enforcement agency in Ohio under the state’s new driving-while-texting law the first year the law was in ...

According to the Missouri Department of Transportation, distracted driving killed more than 100 people across the Show-Me State in 2023. The Siddens-Bening Hands-Free law passed in 2023, but in ...

I truly feel someone is, if they haven’t already, going to get killed by a “multitasker.” It’s like driving in the city with the equivalent of a bunch of drunks. I have a lot of respect ...

The spike in texting while driving tickets comes despite ... the number of accidents and deaths. "Distracted driving kills more than 3,500 people every year nationally," added Venegas.

Because of texting-while-driving deaths like this one ... don't keep innovating ways to stay connected hands-free, people will inevitably be drawn to using their mobile devices in ways that ...

Iowa lawmakers are trying again, after years of efforts, to pass a law banning the use of cellphones while driving. And they say it has new momentum.

Missouri’s texting-while-driving ban for all drivers ... found a 5% drop in phones being used while people are driving in Missouri between August 2023, when the law technically went into effect ...

Texting and driving is already illegal in Florida, but Indian River County is pushing for a new law that would ban even ...

Talking on a cell phone, texting, or just taking your eyes off the road while driving are considered distracted driving, and all can have serious consequences. Kansas Department of Transportation data ...

"Less people doing that ... "A couple of years ago, my son got hit by a girl who was texting while she was driving," said Rivera. CDOT says if an officer sees a person driving carelessly while ...