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If you dare text while drive in Lyndhurst, Ohio, know this: Police will pull you over and write you a citation if they see you do it. That’s because although Ohio has an existing law which makes texting while driving a secondary offense (which means police must find some other reason for pulling you over …

Michigan state legislators approved a measure to extend the state’s current law which sets the legal limit for driving while intoxicated at .08% BAC. As amazing as it may seem the Michigan state law which set the BAC at .08% was set to expire this year. This prompted some vigilant legislation hawks to notify their …

Believe it or not, while you might need to wear shoes at the local convenience store when you walk in to buy a cold drink, you are not legally required to wear them when you get behind the wheel of an automobile and drive to that store. Yes, that’s right, barefoot driving is currently legal …

The National Transportation Safety Board recently announced that lowering the drunk driving limit to .05% blood alcohol content would greatly reduce vehicle collisions and traffic fatalities. Unfortunately for the NTSB and public safety, their position was not immediately embraced by groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Governors Highway Safety Association and the Automotive …

A new nationwide report conducted by USA Today shows that although 39 states plus the District of Columbia currently have laws on the books making some form of distracted driving (such as talking or texting on a cell phone or an outright ban on the use of any handheld device) not many citations are being …

A Wisconsin Assembly is planning to hold a hearing this week to consider mandatory jail sentences for those who are convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. It only applies to those who are convicted of multiple DUI offenses, however. Specifically, if ultimately approved, the new bill would impose a minimum three-year prison sentence …

Lawmakers in Connecticut are convinced that driving while distracted is a public safety issue which needs more emphasis. They are so committed to this belief that they are now strengthening the existing state law which bans all talking and texting on the phone while driving. The new bill, if passed, would make driving while distracted …

Texas A&M University’s Transportation Research Institute released a new study which shows that even when a driver uses voice-activated technology to send a text message they are just as distracted as if they sent a text in a traditional way. What was perhaps most interesting about their study was the fact that all the drivers …

Colorado legislators failed to pass legislation aimed at setting a legal level for the amount of THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) for drivers. The idea was to make it clearly illegal to drive under the influence of marijuana by saying, “this is the legal limit.” Police have been asking legislators to set the ‘stoned …

The new anti-texting ban in Virginia apparently has a rather large loophole. Although Virginia legislators have made texting while driving a primary offense, allowing police to pull over drivers they see with a phone in their hand, it allows drivers to use their phones for calls, to check voice mail or use their phone for …

Indiana is among the majority when it comes using a probationary or graduated driver’s licensing system for teen drivers. These systems require teen drivers to move through the licensing process in stages, by limiting their ability to drive during certain times of day and requiring they hold each stage-license for a certain period of time …

Maryland has had a distracted driving ban on the books for quite some time. It prevented drivers from using handheld devices to make calls while they were behind the wheel. Of course it was only a secondary offense, which meant that even if a police officer saw a driver doing it they were not permitted, …

The California Court of Appeals this week ruled that using your cell to check a map while driving violates the states distracted driving ban. The plaintiff in the case had tried to argue that he didn’t deserve the ticket he received for distracted driving because he wasn’t using his cell to talk or text, but …

Washington D.C. has decided that some of their traffic fines were way out of whack, and taken the interesting route of actually lowering these fines. It is worth noting that very rarely, if ever, do lawmakers make a decision to lower a fine. They might remove a rule or change a law, but not actually …