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Most states have laws in place to encourage safe driving and penalize distracted driving. Some states ban handheld cell phone usage for all drivers, while others enforce rules for specific driving ...
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 ...
Using a mobile phone while driving can definitely have economic costs to the driver using the phone (ex. paying for costs of collision, losing pay if late to work from distracted driving, etc.). More interesting however is how a driver's mobile phone use while driving can have external effects on both other drivers' safety and other drivers ...
Ortiz said citations can be issued for distracted driving including cellphone use or a violation of the basic speed law. “The safe speed for operating a vehicle while distracted is zero ...
Distracted driving is the act of driving while engaging in other activities which distract the driver's attention away from the road. Distractions are shown to compromise the safety of the driver, passengers, pedestrians, and people in other vehicles. Cellular device use while behind the wheel is one of the most common forms of distracted driving.
The author’s son was killed by a distracted driver six years ago. It’s important that we all “just drive.” Distracted Driving Can Be Fatal—Let’s Fix This
As a form of distracted driving, texting while driving significantly increases the chances that a driver will be involved in a motor vehicle accident. [6]The scientific literature on the dangers of driving while sending a text message from a mobile phone, or driving while texting, is limited but growing.
Texting and Driving Simulator As we all know, texting and driving is extremely dangerous, as is shown in the video above. However, this notion does not necessarily stop people from distracted driving.