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The laws regulating driving (or "distracted driving") may be subject to primary enforcement or secondary enforcement by state, county or local authorities. [1]All state-level cell phone use laws in the United States are of the "primary enforcement" type — meaning an officer may cite a driver for using a hand-held cell phone without any other traffic offense having taken place — except in ...
In 2022, 3,308 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers in the U.S. [4] In the United Kingdom, according to the latest Reported Road Casualties Great Britain (2022), 22 people were killed and 674 injured in road traffic collisions where a driver using a mobile phone was considered to be a contributory factor. [5]
Driver distraction, a sub-category of inattention, has been estimated to be a contributing factor in 8% to 13% of all crashes. Of distraction-related crashes, cell phone use may range from 1.5 to 5% of contributing factors. [14] However, large unknowns in each category may increase the inaccuracy of these estimates.
Sources: Written school policies available online in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school year student handbooks. This article originally appeared on The Daily Jeffersonian: Guernsey County schools have ...
The University of Mississippi was the first college in the Southeast to hire a female faculty member: Sarah McGehee Isom in 1885. The University of Mississippi reopened in October 1865. [19] To avoid rejecting veterans, the university lowered admission standards and decreased costs by eliminating tuition and allowing students to live off-campus ...
A video played at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday evening included a clip of a white University of Mississippi student making monkey gestures at a Black woman on ...
The Mississippi Highway Patrol uses Ford Police Interceptors and Dodge Chargers in addition to its motorcycles, as well as Chevrolet Tahoes for K-9 units. SOG units use Ford Crown Victorias as well as F-150 through F-350 trucks. MBI uses unmarked maroon, grey and black Ford Police Interceptors that are only seen in the Street Appearance Package.
Lawmakers say the vehicles pose a danger to the driver and to others on the roads. State Reps. Fred Shanks, R-Brandon, Mark Tullos, R-Raleigh, and Kevin Felsher, R- Biloxi, authored the bill.