“Year after year, the leading cause of worker fatalities is motor vehicle crashes,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Dr. David Michaels. “There’s no question that new communications ...

They’ve announced tougher enforcement to stop people from texting, using social apps, or running mobile […] ...

Near-miss moments on the road are starting to feel less like flukes and more like […] ...

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Their project uses speakers and hands-on simulation stations to show teens the dangers of distractions like texting and eating.

A fatal crash that may have occurred while the driver was livestreaming on TikTok, and a severe sentence in a fatal drunken driving crash, highlight continued dangers from impaired and distracted ...

A study released last month found Hawaii has the sixth-highest rate of fatal crashes caused by distracting driving among U.S. states. Using each state’s U.S. Census population data, the study ...

A bill called "Charlie's Law" aims to ban Massachusetts drivers from live broadcasting and video recording. It was introduced after Charlie Braun, a popular musician, was killed by a distracted driver ...

Kansas has the third-highest rate in the nation of fatality crashes due to distracted driving, studies show. Distracted driving was responsible in 2023 for more than 14,500 Kansas traffic wrecks, ...

It's not just a smartphone problem. Distracted driving has been making highways more dangerous since the advent of the automobile -- but smartphones have worsened the issue and, more recently, forced ...