Family of fallen Oklahoma Trooper urges drivers to put down phones as OHP increases distracted driving enforcement. Learn about new laws and the impact of texting while driving.

Drivers know cell phone talk and texting isn't safe but still do it. Sept. 20, 2010— -- Think chatting on your cell phone or sending a text message while driving isn't that dangerous? Think again ...

Though national data show a slight decline in speeding and use of hand-held phones behind the wheel over the past decade, 45% of U.S. drivers reported to the American Automobile Association that they ...

Kentuckians who hold their phones while driving could face $100 fines under a bill that cleared a Senate committee Wednesday with bipartisan support. “It’s probably one of the least restrictive ...

Telling teens not to text and drive might be outdated soon.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 ...

Gen Z is driving distracted — but perhaps not in the way Americans would expect, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 American drivers, split evenly with 500 per generation, revealed that ...

Florida supports driving laws. In the Sunshine State, it's already illegal to drive while texting, but now the state wants to ...

Police are warning Louisiana drivers that they have started writing tickets for violating the state's new hand-held cell ...

Teen drivers across the country are spending a surprising amount of time looking at their phones while behind the wheel. A new study reveals that on average, young motorists spend more than one-fifth ...

31 states and the District of Columbia now enforce a certain distracted driving law—and three states have joined this movement in the last few months. Most states have strict laws in place to prevent ...

Annie Justiss of Mount Pleasant thinks text messaging and driving should be illegal, but she admits that she does it. "That's the way everyone communicates now. It's just real quick and to the point," ...

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 ...