A study released last month found Hawaii has the sixth-highest rate of fatal crashes caused by distracting driving among U.S. states. Using each state’s U.S. Census population data, the study ...

Their teens are ready to drive. Can a stick shift save them from being distracted? (Photo illustration: Gabriella Turrisi/Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) Logan was equal parts excited and nervous ...

As a new law cracking down on handheld cellphone use while driving is set to go into effect, new statistics released by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts show distracted driving ...

It's not just a smartphone problem. Distracted driving has been making highways more dangerous since the advent of the automobile -- but smartphones have worsened the issue and, more recently, forced ...

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A fatal crash that may have occurred while the driver was livestreaming on TikTok, and a severe sentence in a fatal drunken driving crash, highlight continued dangers from impaired and distracted ...