New Volvos built within the next five years may include cameras pointed at the driver to spot drunk or distracted driving and potentially stop the car, the automaker announced Wednesday in Sweden. Volvo safety engineers said it may be automakers...
A new study from the IIHS makes it clear Americans aren't giving up their cell phones behind the wheel, but there's some good news. The IIHS published the results of a study last week and found that drivers are more...
Americans love technology, and we expect companies to deliver delightful digital experiences.Insurers aren't doing that yet. So far, updates have been skin-deep.If you go to a carrier's website, the look and feel is pretty good, but the functionality is...
Auto insurance companies are less apt to penalize drivers financially for texting while driving than many other moving violations, a new study shows.Auto insurance quote comparison site Zebra found that the average insurance premium rate hike applied to a ...
The federal government has released its statistical analysis of every fatal crash in 2016, and the results are surprising. The number of fatal accidents per mile traveled increased by 2.6 percent compared to 2015and it’s not because of distracted drivers.T..
By Audrey Weil. SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KMTR) -- Starting October 1, 2017,, it will be illegal to use a phone for any purpose while driving. And as one officer showed us, the new law will be a big change for...
New York state is set to study the use of a device known as the textalyzer that would allow police to determine whether a motorist involved in a serious crash was texting while driving.Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that...
Distracted driving has been a problem since the first motorists slid behind steering wheels. Eating, smoking, talking to friends and flipping through radio stations have caused countless accidents over the years and an untold number of deaths.But the situa
