Category: Distracted Driving

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, a time designated to raise awareness nationwide about the dangers of texting while driving and driving while distracted. Each year various groups and agencies such as the National Safety Council (NSC) and the National…

Texting while driving is an extremely dangerous act. According to Distraction.gov, the official U.S. government website for distracted driving, in a single recent year, there were 3,154 people killed in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver. Many of these…

Updated on October 3, 2023. Originally published on October 15, 2015. For teenagers, getting a driver’s license is a rite of passage. As parents, we remember our own excitement at passing our driving exam and getting our first set of…

The car is supposed to be the place where you concentrate on safely getting from place to place. Increasingly, though, a number of technological and other diversions can distract you from the task at hand. Distracted driving is leading to more and…

Everyone knows it’s dangerous. More than 3,000 people died because of it in a single year. But nearly everyone does it at some point – driving while distracted. A distraction is anything that takes your attention away from the task…

devices, texting behind the wheel has become a major hazard, causing needless deaths and injuries. Federal transportation officials and safety advocates have pushed for laws and greater enforcement to help solve the problem. All but two states – Montana and…

Every year, thousands of people die due to distracted driving accidents. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving crashes killed 3,328 people in 2012. During April, National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, safety advocates have stepped up efforts to…

According to a recent study, distracted drivers were to blame for an increasing share of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities from 2005 to 2010, even as overall traffic fatalities went down. Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center used data from…