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Stories about: texting and driving

Lexus Will Have You Driving Blind for 4.6 Seconds to Make a Point
Lexus Will Have You Driving Blind for 4.6 Seconds to Make a Point

7 Apr 2021, 04:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and Lexus has a very special NX that will help you better understand what texting and driving does

 
Mom Films Toddler Dancing in the Passenger Seat, Gets Driving Ban 2 Years Later
Mom Films Toddler Dancing in the Passenger Seat, Gets Driving Ban 2 Years Later

25 Jun 2019, 14:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Kerry White was driving her car as she was filming her toddler busting a move in the seat beside her. She posted the video to Facebook and it led to her arrest

 
Driver Gets Ticket for Scratching His Face
Driver Gets Ticket for Scratching His Face

29 May 2019, 13:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Driver surnamed Liu was photographed scratching his face, received the ticket at home, informing him he’d been caught using his cellphone while driving

 
David Beckham Gets 6-Month Driving Ban For Texting And Driving
David Beckham Gets 6-Month Driving Ban For Texting And Driving

10 May 2019, 13:14 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Beckham pleads guilty to using his cellphone while driving, but only because he has “no recollection of this day in question or this particular incident

 
David Beckham Pleads Guilty to Texting And Driving
David Beckham Pleads Guilty to Texting And Driving

19 Mar 2019, 17:23 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The former football star was busted for using his phone while driving in November, has formally entered a plea but will not have to show up in court

 
Driver Boasts of Driving Safely While on His Phone, Crashes Shortly After
Driver Boasts of Driving Safely While on His Phone, Crashes Shortly After

14 Dec 2018, 10:45 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / David Brennan, cycle lane campaigner, often shames drivers he catches on their phone, while raising awareness on the need to pay more attention to the cyclists

 
Volkswagen Makes iPhone Cases Out of Cars Wrecked in Texting and Driving Crashes
Volkswagen Makes iPhone Cases Out of Cars Wrecked in Texting and Driving Crashes

27 Apr 2018, 13:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Volkswagen launches line of iPhone cases made of crumpled metal from car wrecks resulted from texting and driving crashes

 
UK Police Cracks Down On Texting And Driving, Catches 8,000 Offenders In A Week
UK Police Cracks Down On Texting And Driving, Catches 8,000 Offenders In A Week

23 Jan 2017, 19:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Texting and driving is never OK, not even if it's an urgent matter. This problem is huge in the UK, where 7,996 drivers were caught on the phone in one week

 
If I Could Just Have Your Attention for a Moment... No? OK
If I Could Just Have Your Attention for a Moment... No? OK

1 Sep 2016, 17:17 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / A motorcycle rider just wants to have a talk with a driver who was on the phone, and it wasn't about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

 
Smile! There's a RCMP Officer Half-a-Mile Away That Snapped You Texting
Smile! There's a RCMP Officer Half-a-Mile Away That Snapped You Texting

26 May 2016, 21:07 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Using the phone while driving is probably the biggest car-related pet peeve of our generation, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police wants to erase it

 
The NHTSA Is Cyber Bullying Those Who Text and Drive on Twitter
The NHTSA Is Cyber Bullying Those Who Text and Drive on Twitter

25 Apr 2016, 12:49 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / When was the last time a government agency tagged you in a post? If you've been a good boy, it probably never happened, but NHTSA is out on a prowl now

 
“Shhh, Don’t Disturb Me While I’m Driving and Checking My Facebook Account”
“Shhh, Don’t Disturb Me While I’m Driving and Checking My Facebook Account”

22 Feb 2016, 13:19 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Moving along the highway at crawling speed is a moment many feel tempted to grab their smartphones and do something less boring

 
Employers Asked to Ban Texting while Driving
Employers Asked to Ban Texting while Driving

22 Sep 2010, 07:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the release earlier this week of the 2009 Distracted Driving Report, US authorities are stepping up the efforts to put an end to an increasing number of people who are killed or injured as...