Posts Tagged 'cell phone use while driving'

Idaho and Alabama Become 37th and 38th States to Ban Texting While Driving

In the past month, two more states have implemented legislation restricting how drivers may use their mobile phones while on the road. On April 5, Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter signed the state’s ban on texting while driving into law. Idaho, which was the 37th state to enact a state texting ban, will begin enforcing [...]

[Infographic] Brush Up on Distracted Driving Risks and Statistics

The folks at Bolt Insurance shared this cool infographic with us – check it out for a quick, visual reminder of distracted driving risks, laws and stats! Click the infographic to enlarge it.

FMCSA Ban on Commmercial Drivers’ Hand-Held Phone Use Is Now in Effect

As of today (January 3, 2012), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) new rule prohibiting interstate commercial drivers from using hand-held mobile phones is in effect. That means individual drivers caught violating the ban will now face fines of up to $2,750 – and they could lose their commercial driver’s licenses for multiple infractions. [...]

Distracted Driving in 2011: The Year in Review, Part Two

Following yesterday’s review of top stories in driver distractions, employer liability, and cell phone use from the first half of 2011 – here’s part two of ZoomSafer’s review: July: Marsh Carroll creates an awesome and hilarious music video about employee distracted driving, “Won’t Start Texting,” for ZoomSafer New research from Pew reveals that more than [...]

Distracted Driving in 2011: The Year in Review, Part One

As we approach the end of 2011, and the inevitable beginning of 2012, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year’s key moments in the fight to prevent distracted driving. The past month alone has seen incredible momentum on the part of the federal government, with anti-distracted driving activity from FMCSA, [...]

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: NHTSA Numbers Show Road Fatalities Down But Distracted Driving Up

Let’s start with the good news, shall we? Here it goes: annual U.S. road fatalities are at their lowest level in over 60 years, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) newly-updated fatality and injury data for 2010. Says a Department of Transportation press release: “The record-breaking decline in traffic fatalities occurred even [...]

The Blind Leading the Blind: More than Half of Parents Distracted While Teaching Kids to Drive

Well, this is frankly *terrifying* news: over half  of parents were distracted by their mobile phones while teaching their teen how to drive. According to a new survey State Farm released this week, 53% of parents admit to being distracted by their mobile phones while they were supposed to be focusing on teaching their children [...]

Think Driving Distracted with One Phone is Bad? Well How About Two…

Mr. David Secker of the UK is, to say the least, probably not the smartest tool in the shed when it comes to multitasking. Texting + Calling + Driving at 70MPH = BAD IDEA! Mr. Secker was pulled over by the police who saw him texting with one hand, holding his phone with the other, [...]

Car Talk Blog Discusses Real Costs of Distracted Driving

Car Talk in my humble opinion is one of the truly great American institutions. Not only do they have one of the most entertaining radio shows on-air (and that’s saying something in this day and age), but they also have a blog devoted exclusively to distracted driving. In a recent article Paul Atchley, a professor [...]

Pew: 51% of U.S. Cell Phone Use is for Real-Time Information

To add onto Eleanor’s post a month ago about the changing smartphone landscape, here’s another update on how mobile phones enable us to consume more – more information, at more locations, and at greater speed. In addition to their study on the mobile phone market, the folks at the Pew Internet and American Life Project [...]

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