Topic > Texting and Driving: The Consequences of Distraction…

Distraction.gov, a website dedicated to providing statistics and research on distracted driving, was launched by Secretary LaHood and the U.S. Department of Transportation. To raise public and media awareness of how dangerous texting and cell phone use while driving is in general, they hosted two national summits on distracted driving in 2009 and 2010. On September 30, 2009, President Obama issued an order executive prohibiting federal employees from texting while driving on government business or with government equipment (Distracted Driving, 2015. The number of state legislatures debating measures that address cell phone use while driving and other traffic distractions driver continues to increase. In June 2015, according to the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, most states have passed laws to address the issue of cell phone use while driving all cell phone use while driving affects all ages, including bus drivers and commercial truck drivers A secondary law in California bans cell phone use (handheld and hands-free) for novice drivers age 1 or older. at 18 (state laws, N/a). Nearly all laws have "primary enforcement" provisions, meaning a person driving can be issued a ticket for using a handheld cell phone while driving without traffic..