Many car accidents happen due to distracted driving, typically caused by paying attention to other passengers in the car, eating or drinking, and more recently, texting or using social media while operating a motor vehicle. However, a Minnesota driver took distracted driving to a new level of carelessness when she crashed her car while watching… Read More »
Distracted Driving Accidents in the Age of Technology
In what is believed to be the first pedestrian death associated with a self-driving technology, an autonomous car struck and killed an Arizona woman in a crosswalk last month, resulting in the suspension of the self- driving program in the area. As technology progresses at lightning speed, society has realized many improvements, however, when it… Read More »
Law Enforcement Targeting the Fatal Four | Speeding, DUI, Seatbelts & Distracted Driving
During the holiday season, troopers with the Illinois state police will be out in force on the look out for ” Fatal Four” moving violations, which include speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, not wearing seat belts and distracted driving. Iowa troopers also plan to be on the look out for the… Read More »
A New Tool in The War Against Distracted Driving
Lawmakers in New York would like to give officers a new tool in their war against distracted driving, which injures thousands of motorists in related motor vehicle accidents every year. Breathalyzer, meet the textalyzer…part of a new generation of gadgets aimed at keeping drivers on the straight and narrow. Equipped with the textalyzer, lawmakers envsion… Read More »