BELLEVUE, Wash. — The Bellevue Police Department and Washington State Patrol have launched the third annual King County Target Zero 100 Safe Days of Summerprogram with the goal of reducing impaired ...

Pennsylvania banned cell phone use while driving earlier this year. The ban is set to take effect in 2025. WESA's local, independent journalism is only possible because of financial support from ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Dr. Kit Delgado, an emergency physician at Penn Medicine, says he’s seen too many ...

A recent Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study evaluates the effectiveness of behavioral interventions to reduce distracted driving. Study: A randomized trial of behavioral ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Miami Township Police Department and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have partnered to encourage road safety this April. The joint effort will aim to ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – In a recent study conducted by AAA, the “Do Not Disturb” feature on smartphones decreased distracted driving by 41 percent. In Massachusetts, texting while driving was ...

Distracted driving is a pressing issue, with activities like texting and eating contributing significantly to road accidents. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than ...

ATLANTA - A new report from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) and the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) reveals that distracted driving played a role in more than half of all ...

Distracted driving is an epidemic that claimed 3,308 lives in 2022 and annually accounts for roughly 9 percent of fatal vehicle collisions, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety ...

It’s Teen Driving Awareness Month, and Nationwide is encouraging teenagers to put distracted driving in the rearview mirror. The insurance company has teamed up with NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr.

In 2008, Jennifer Smith lost her mother, Linda Doyle, when a 20-year-old driver talking on a cellphone crashed into Doyle's car. "He didn't see the red light in front of him. He never touched his ...