A driver uses a phone while behind the wheel of a car in New York City. It’s National Teen Driver Safety Week, and distracted driving is the up-and-coming threat to newbie drivers in the mobile-device ...

If this is what you look like while driving, you may want to rethink what you're doing behind the wheel. Credit: Tero Vesalainen / iStock / Getty Images Plus On many roads across the U.S., this is a ...

Behavior vs. awareness disconnect: Despite high awareness of distracted driving laws (e.g., 81% aware of texting bans), many drivers still engage in risky behaviors—10% admit to emailing while driving ...

Distracted driving isn’t only a result of drivers using their phones when they should be paying attention. But it is a significant cause of the problem, accounting for at least 13 percent of ...

Drivers in Pennsylvania will soon be prohibited from using their handheld phone in any way — from taking calls to scrolling on social media — while behind the wheel, even at a red light. Starting on ...

America’s Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) examined the behavior of more than 40 drivers using two different types of car and driver-assist systems and discovered that the test subjects ...

A recent University of Washington study found one driver in 16, or about 6 percent, is on the phone while driving on Seattle streets. Philip Howard, a UW associate professor of communication, directed ...