Hands-on phone use behind the wheel is no longer treated as a minor lapse in judgment. In New York and a growing list of other states, a single decision to tap your screen can expose you to fines that ...

Telling teens not to text and drive might be outdated soon. It turns out, young drivers aren’t using their phones to send messages behind the wheel — they’re using it to for entertainment purposes ...

Texting while driving is insane. Reading that tiny text and tapping out cogent responses on that little on-screen keyboard is hard enough. But to believe that you can do that safely while your car is ...

The Automobile Association of South Africa urges immediate action to combat distracted driving and protect lives on the road ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mounted phones are exempted, according to the decision, but looking at a map while holding the phone would violate the current law ...

Researchers discovered that feedback plus cash incentives designed with insights from behavioral science reduces phone use while driving. To make someone put their phone down while driving, show them ...

CogniFit – Cell phone use while driving has been in the news lately. The NY Times recently reported about safety research from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The NHTSA concluded ...

Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as backers of the legislation hope to reduce distracted driving ...

Texting while driving is already frowned upon in California, but a recently passed state bill makes it much tougher to use your phone for any reason while driving, reports the Sacramento Bee.

These results are concerning. Even with the advancements of hooking up phones to Apple Car Play or Bluetooth that allow you to “read” and respond to texts via your voice, teens are still looking at ...