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The state also increased penalties on drivers whose behind-the-wheel use of an electronic device leads to collisions.
Read More →The state of West Va. passed a new law that makes talking on a cell phone without a hands-free device a primary offense. In addition, the state updated its seatbelt law.
Read More →Authors of a new report push for in-vehicle technology that renders handheld cell phones inoperable when they're in a vehicle that's in motion. This approach, they say, will be more effective than driver handheld phone bans legislated by states.
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 →ALBANY, NY – The State of New York announced it has issued four times more tickets for texting while driving when compared to the previous year, more than 20,000 tickets since the law took effect on July 12, 2011.
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.
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