New research shows that bans on holding a cellphone while driving, rather than laws that just prohibit talking and texting, reduced crash rates in Oregon and Washington, but not California.
A new distracted driving survey from State Farm indicates that drivers continue to text, make calls, use apps, and even shoot videos while behind the wheel.
The risky behaviors driving the alarming rate of crashes during the coronavirus pandemic — along with the addictive behaviors surrounding phone use — are ringing alarm bells for fleets. Where do we go from here?
The results are disturbing — many more drivers admitted to engaging in potentially distracting behavior while driving in 2020 than in past years.
Maine will become the 20th state in the nation to enact a hands-free driving law when the measure goes into effect on Sept. 19.
While 73% of western European Millennials say they use their cell phone when behind the wheel, a whopping 86% of Americans in the same demographic admit to doing so, according to a new study.
Some 89% of U.S. motorists say they need better education about the impact of distracted driving and 74% say they would pay more for a vehicle with built-in features to correct or prevent distractions on the road.
Distracted driving accidents rose 129% between 2008 and 2017 in Tennessee, according to new research. Statewide, there are 3.91 distracted driving crashes per 1,000 residents annually.
Drivers are 10% more distracted behind the wheel than last year and the number of cell phone addicts has doubled, according to Zendrive's third annual "Distracted Driving Study," which analyzed over 160 billion miles of data.
About 12% of executives say they don't worry about the liability associated with a crash caused by a distracted driver employee, and 74% don't consider distracted driving to be of great concern, according to a new survey.
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