The death toll on the nation’s highways dropped in 2008 to 37,261, a 9.7 decrease from the 2007 total and the lowest level since 1961, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The trend continued in the first quarter of …
A vast majority of Americans surveyed say they would support legislation restricting cell phone use while driving. Some 80 percent of those surveyed by Nationwide Insurance in its new One Your side survey say they would favor a ban on …
Missouri’s ban on texting-while-driving kicks in today for motorists younger than 21. The new law puts Missouri in the company of 22 other states with sort of ban on sending, reading or writing text messages while driving. But the state …
The Wilmington, Delaware City Council has passed a ban on talking on cell phones while driving unless the phones are used with a handsfree device. The ban begins Jan. 1. All text messaging is banned, as is talking on the …
Tulsa, Okla., police say an accident that left about two dozen people without power in central Tulsa happened after a teenage driver who was sending a text message crashed into a power pole. The accident happened about 8:45 p.m. Aug. …
Figures show the number of South Dakota accidents that authorities blame on drivers distracted by cell phone use has jumped 60 percent in the four years since the state Office of Highway Safety began collecting such information. The number in …
Technology, developed in the four years since Hurricane Katrina, didn’t necessarily come out of the hurricane but will help with evacuation, power outages and recovery if there is another big storm. Stores on the coast are getting prepared, stocking everything …
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a September summit to address the dangers of text-messaging and other distractions behind the wheel. In late September, senior transportation officials, elected officials, safety advocates, law enforcement representatives and academics will convene in Washington, …
Technology, developed in the four years since Hurricane Katrina, didn’t necessarily come out of the hurricane but will help with evacuation, power outages and recovery if there is another big storm. Stores on the coast are getting prepared, stocking everything …
States would be required to ban driving while texting or face the loss of highway funds under legislation being pushed by a group of Democratic senators. Aimed at reducing driver distraction and highway deaths and injuries, the proposal follows a …