A simulator study revealed that auditory distractions, like listening to music or conversations, and behavioral tasks, such as moving an object, impair drivers more than visual or cognitive ...

Distracted driving happens when people shift their attention from the primary task of driving to a secondary task such as using a mobile phone or eating. We recently examined the specific effects of ...

Listening to music, day dreaming or eating while driving? New research reveals just how distracting these behaviours are.

Johra Kayeser Fatima receives funding from the ACT government. Jeroen van Boxtel has received funding from the ACT government, as well as from the Australian Research Council. Ram Subramanian received ...

Re “Lawmakers push to crack down on dangerous driving” (Feb. 8): Don’t lawmakers drive on our roads? Basically, the article focuses on DUI. “California is the epicenter of America’s DUI and drunken ...

A Chicago bus driver is out of a job after he was caught on camera with his hands off the wheel and his eyes glued to his cell phone. A passenger recorded video of the driver texting, talking on the ...

Gaming with Kev texts, types, and floods Roblox with over 150,000 messages in Texting Simulator. Judge to Trump lawyers trying to move hush money appeal to federal court: 'You sought two bites at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state of Florida takes distracted driving seriously. In 2024, nearly 300 people in Florida died and over 2,200 people suffered ...

Florida law prohibits operating a motor vehicle while manually typing, sending, or reading data on a wireless device. Current penalties for texting while driving start at a $30 fine for a first ...

Police officers can’t pull drivers over for texting while driving merely because they saw the driver touch their phone, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. In a 4-3 opinion, the court ruled ...

Maryland's highest court was asked Friday to determine how much a driver has to be handling a phone before police have sufficient reason to pull the driver over for using a cell phone while driving.