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Newsby StaffNovember 8, 2019

NHTSA's Speeding Plan Needs High Tech, IIHS Says

The institute believes the agency should direct resources to encouraging the use of automated enforcement and provide incentives to automakers to install intelligent speed adaptation technology that alerts speeding drivers or automatically slows the vehicle to ensure compliance with speed limits.

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Newsby StaffOctober 14, 2019

Distracted Driving Citations Double in Salt Lake City

Law enforcement in Utah's biggest city conducted its annual crack down on distracted driving, issuing 1,188 warnings and 27 citations to Salt Lake City drivers who were suspects of distracted driving.

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Newsby StaffAugust 29, 2019

Illinois Boosts Penalty for Distracted Drivers

Illinois drivers who cause an accident resulting in an injury of another person because they were using a cell phone or electronic device behind the wheel will be subject to a penalty as high as $1,000 beginning in July 2020, reports KHQA.

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Newsby StaffAugust 19, 2019

NHTSA's Campaign to Halt Impaired Driving Targets Labor Day

The National Highway Traffic Safety Association has launched its 2019 national impaired-driving enforcement campaign, which includes a $13 million media blitz that runs through the Labor Day holiday weekend, which is one of the deadliest times of the year for roadway travelers.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2019

Troopers in Trucks Curb Distracted Driving in Illinois

Trooper in a Truck, a joint effort between the Illinois Trucking Association and Illinois State Police, helped officers curb distracted driving in the state in early July.

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Newsby StaffJune 21, 2019

Ga. Police Pose as Utility Workers to Catch Distracted Drivers

Police officers in Marietta, Georgia recently used disguises to catch drivers violating the state's hands-free driving law.

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Newsby StaffJune 19, 2019

Indiana Steps Up Efforts to Detect Drugged Drivers

Law enforcement officers from across Indiana have enrolled in a three-week training program to help them better detect drug-impaired motorists.

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Articlesby Chris BrownJanuary 22, 2019

Hauling Cannabis and Cash: New Fleets Serve Exploding Industry

With recent cannabis legalization, new commercial fleets are springing up to transport pounds of marijuana and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash. Navigating wildfire growth, ever-changing regulations, and federal illegality, it’s a fast learning curve for these new cannabis entrepreneurs — the legal ones, anyway.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 17, 2019

Mass. Police Can Now Make Drugged Driving Arrests Based on Observation

The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts recently ruled that law enforcement officers have the right to arrest people on drugged driving charges based strictly on the officer's observations.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 3, 2019

NHTSA Provides Drugged Driving Grants to 5 States

To keep drug-impaired drivers off the nation's roadways, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently awarded more than $100,000 in funding to select states to educate law enforcement officers.

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