Starting Oct. 5, law enforcement in Ohio will issue tickets for distracted driving. This week marks six months since Ohio’s new distracted driving law took effect. The law was signed by Gov. Mike ...

Texting while driving is already illegal in Ohio but a new law takes effect this week that will make it easier for officers to pull motorists over for distracted driving. The new, upgraded law makes ...

Eight seconds. That’s how long truck driver Sam Hicks looked down at his phone after getting a text from his girlfriend. That’s all it took for his truck to barrel into the back of a car stopped at a ...

Ohio lawmakers are expected to hold a committee vote Tuesday on a bill that would prohibit a driver from holding their phone while behind the wheel. The bill would ban the use of an electronic ...

BUTTE- St. James Hospital teamed up with local first responders, in the Mining City to host their fifth annual distracted driving course. Hospital staff says on average 20 teenagers die each year in ...

An Ohio House committee has signed off on a bill to tighten rules around distracted driving after making some changes to the proposal. The bill makes using a phone while driving a primary offense, ...

Many of us are likely guilty of believing we are capable while driving of a quick glance at our smartphones or perhaps even typing a short reply to a text without being a danger to ourselves and ...

BOSTON (Reuters Life!) - If the terms "textgating" and "sender bender" ring a bell, it might be time to sign up for a crash course in driving safety known as Distractology 101. Distracted driving has ...

Lansing — The Michigan House failed to muster the needed votes Tuesday to pass legislation prohibiting handheld cellphone use while driving in a bid to reduce distracted driving. The main bill in the ...