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.
Driving and texting could turn into $2,000 ticket in OregonLawmakers are considering a range of bills that could change the rules of the road, including boosting fees for using cellphones and requiring slower traffic to keep right.OregonLive.com...
Nationwide, 46 states and the district of Columbia ban text messaging behind the wheel, and many states prohibit texting by novice drivers. Washington State Patrol trooper Brandy Kessler checks a driver's registration before issuing her a $124 ticket for driving while talking on a cell phone on...
The penalties for a distracted driving ticket in New Jersey are some of the highest in the country For a first offense, expect to get hit with a fine between $200 and $400. A second offense could cost you up to $600. If your dumb enough to get nailed for the third time, things ge...
Going forward, one out of four said that the Safe Driving Law will have no effect on their day-to-day cell phone usage. 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 ...
Drunk driving gets the press and the severe criminal charges, while most people consider texting and driving to be a mere nuisance worthy of a ticket. More than 1,000 preventable injuries per day are theresult of distracted driving, per the FCC. Is that many injuries, and thousands of prev...
"I was not using my phone, I was not texting," California resident Steve Spriggs said about the $165 ticket he received for distracted driving while using a navigation app on his cell phone. He decided to fight it in court, and he won. ...
Providers who had been pulled over for speeding in the previous 5 years were about 2.5 times as likely to not change their texting-while-driving behavior following legislation passage compared to those without a history of police stops for speeding (OR=2.55, p=0.011). Each additional ticket ...
So the next time you are tempted to grab your phone to read a text or reply to an email while driving, don't do it. You could be costing yourself big money if you receive a ticket or worse could happen. You don't want someone to get hurt or die because you can't wait to see...
So the next time you are tempted to grab your phone to read a text or reply to an email while driving, don't do it. You could be costing yourself big money if you receive a ticket or worse could happen. You don't want someone to get hurt or die because you can't wait to see...