With April designated as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Florida Highway Patrol and their public safety partners are ...

Technology and new laws may have a role in curbing dangerous vehicle accidents caused by distracted driving while texting or using a cell phone or a music player. But federal officials today also put ...

Just because you can eat while driving in Louisiana, doesn't mean you should. Here's why eating while driving may be ...

As people come to rely more and more on devices like smartphones and in-vehicle technology, the temptation to use them while driving seems to have risen in kind; as a result, distracted driving has ...

As technology evolves to the point where it is virtually inseparable from us, our phones and other small-screen devices are becoming more and more of a distraction in our cars. Whether it is texting, ...

Distracted driving kills thousands of people on U.S. highways annually. In 2022, 3,308 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers, according to the latest data from the ...

New research identifies age, gender, personality and how often people drive as potential risk factors for becoming distracted while driving. Young men, extroverted or neurotic people, and people who ...

Distracted drivers kill eight people each day in the U.S. on average. While this is a problem that involves everyone, young people are disproportionately at fault. About 25 percent of the distracted ...

Through an awareness video featuring footage of real traffic accidents, the Traffic and Patrols Directorate of the Central Operations Sector urged motorists ...

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and Florida officials are reminding drivers to stay focused while on the road. Distracted driving is anything that takes your hands off the wheel, ...