Distracted driving in Georgia is an issue that is not taken lightly, as all drivers are prohibited from using a handheld mobile device while behind the wheel of a vehicle. These distracted driving laws pertain to novice and experienced motorists, school bus drivers and commercial vehicle operators...
15.6% of young drivers (ages 18-24) have admitted to texting while driving and 20% of them claim to be "not familiar at all" with their state's texting while driving laws. This is compared with 12.2% who also reported as being "not at all familiar" with state laws. ...
Texting and driving has become one of the most dangerous things a driver can do. Our comprehensive guide goes into great detail explaining this and way more.
This study assessed whether Georgia Senate Bill 360, a statewide law passed in August 2010, that prohibits text messaging while driving, resulted in a decrease in this behavior among emergency medicine (EM) and general surgery (GS) healthcare providers.Using SurveyMonkey®, we created a web-ba...
More from this survey: Women were more likely to have texted while driving than men, and drivers between the ages of 17 and 44 were more than twice as likely to have texted behind the wheel as drivers over the age of 45. Sadly, too many people are still checking e-mail or sending a...
GHSA applauds Georgia, Kansas and Vermont for enacting new laws to improve highway safety in their states. Kansas and Georgia strengthened their seat belt and distracted driving laws, while all three states have banned texting for all drivers. ...