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Only 1 state doesn’t have a ban on texting and driving. Here’s why
KREX articles via Yahoo News· 9 months agoKANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — With a new Missouri law going into effect Monday, only one state in the...
Texting while driving: New Ohio law takes effect
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTexting while driving is already illegal in Ohio but a new law took effect Tuesday that will make it easier for officers to pull motorists over for...
Her son was killed by a distracted driver. A law she helped pass will fine such drivers
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 30 minutes agoNearly 12 years after a grieving mother approached state Sen. Rosemary Brown at a community meeting and asked her to support a tougher distracted driving law, Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday ...
Lenawee County police chiefs, sheriff ready to enforce new distracted-driving law
The Daily Telegram via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMichigan motorists for some time have been urged to focus more on the road and less on their...
State takes aim at texting while driving
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 10—A new statewide traffic law will look to crack down on distracted driving. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a bill Friday that bans texting and driving statewide starting late August ...
Distracted driving is causing thousands of deaths
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than 3,000 people die in distracted driving crashes every year and hundreds of thousands are injured in crashes involving a distracted driver. About one in five of these fatalities in 2019 ...
Slow down! Officials gather to provide update on SWFL roads death toll
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRandall Pepitone, acting chief for the Fort Myers Police Department, revealed his younger brother's...
Can I send a text message at a red light? Here’s what Mississippi law says
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 12 months agoStop at any red light on the Mississippi Coast and you’re likely to see at least one driver with a...
Here's what Ohio's new distracted driver law means for Portage County drivers
Record-Courier via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUnder the new law, using cellphones and other electronic devices while driving will become a primary...
More than 170 families who lost loved ones in crashes meet with lawmakers to demand safety changes
WFTV via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAll the families attending are tied together through tragedy; each one of them lost a loved one in a...