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WASHINGTON – NHTSA is giving $550,000 to the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts, $275,000 each, to train police officers to spot better texting drivers and to develop media efforts to warn the public of the dangers of texting while driving.
Read More →WASHINGTON -- During the recent annual meeting of the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), members decided to strengthen the group’s policy positions on the issues of distracted driving and drugged driving.
Read More →HERNDON, VA – The number of commercial fleet operators that have adopted written policies pertaining to employee use of cell phones while driving on the job has increased 29% in the past year – from 62% to 80% – according to ZoomSafer’s second annual survey of more than 900 transportation and fleet professionals.
Read More →CHARLESTON, WV – West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin on April 3 signed into law a bill that prohibits text messaging and handheld cell phone use while driving.
Read More →SPRINGFIELD, IL - In two similar bills introduced on Jan. 10 in the Illinois General Assembly, the change to the state’s vehicle code would restrict cell phone use while driving to hands-free only.
Read More →HERNDON, VA -- A new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rule went into effect Jan. 3 that prohibits an estimated 4 million interstate commercial truck and bus drivers from using handheld cell phones while driving. To help commercial fleet operators conform to the new regulation, software provider ZoomSafer has released “FMCSA Cell Phone Use Regulations: A Guide to Compliance for Truck and Bus Fleets.”
Read More →LAS VEGAS – The grace period for Nevada’s driver handheld phone ban officially ended Jan. 1. Now instead of getting a mere warning, drivers caught texting or talking on a handheld phone can get a traffic ticket.
Read More →WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a recommendation to the 50 states, and D.C., to ban driver use of all portable electronic devices in a vehicle, including hands-free devices.
Read More →COLLEGE STATION, TX -- The number of drivers involved in nighttime fatal crashes nationwide has increased over the past decade, even as crash fatalities overall have declined during the same period, according to a new study.
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Researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) have found that it takes a driver twice as long to react when he or she is distracted by reading or sending a text message.
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