texting and driving

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is cracking down on distracted driving. Sheriff Todd Hood would like to remind motorists not to text and drive.

The "textalyzer" law would allow authorities to ask for your license, registration, and cell phone during specific traffic stops or an accident.

You've been warned before of the risks of texting and driving. With April being Distracted Driving Awareness Month in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo's Office is issuing another reminder with the hope that you aren't the next driver to be issued a ticket, or worse.

We've all heard the refrain that you shouldn't text and drive. Well, it seems there is a whole slew of other questionable phone-related behavior we need to stop.

The weather is starting to be nicer, motorcycles are out, car windows are down, and we’re seeing more distracted drivers than ever before because people continue to ignore laws about using cell phones while driving.

If your life is as hectic as mine is, you just can't wait until you're done driving in order to text and pulling over each time just isn't practical either. Finally, the answer has come

It has been signed into law that texting while driving is illegal, but where are the laws that ban eating or fiddling with the radio while behind the wheel too? Exactly how distracting are those or say, driving with kids in the back seat?

This is getting to be more and more of a problem and and you saw in a blog post from Keith James last week, law enforcement is really cracking down on people texting and driving.

Yeah, coming soon to law enforcement agencies everywhere: You could be pulled over for more than just a lead foot now. A special gun is being developed and is close to production that can apparently tell when you're texting

A man who was texting and driving found himself you-know-what out of luck.

We are all very aware of the dangers and repercussions of driving while intoxicated or distracted by cellphones or something else inside the car, but there is another killer on our roads that's doing just as much damage, if not more. The facts may surprise you.

Buckle your seat belts, folks. According to Harris Poll chairman Humphrey Taylor regarding a new survey, “The number of drivers who engage in potentially dangerous, in some cases extremely dangerous, behaviors while driving is terrifyingly high.”