Distracted driving is commonly associated with texting behind the wheel. But a survey from Mercury Insurance suggests there are all kinds of distracted driving behaviors across the U.S., grouped into ...

Traffic can change in a second. A glance at a phone or a sip of coffee breaks your focus long enough to miss a stoplight or a merging car. Most drivers think they can multitask, but that illusion ends ...

Driver monitoring systems in cars have used cameras to detect distracted driving since at least 2006.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (WKBN)- April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission is rolling out a new campaign ...

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/PRNewswire/ – SmartDrive Systems, a leader in fleet safety and operational efficiency, today announced the results of its study correlating observed incidents of distracted driving with collisions ...

New research identifies age, gender, personality and how often people drive as potential risk factors for becoming distracted while driving. Young men, extroverted or neurotic people, and people who ...

While driving with headphones is still completely legal in most U.S. states, several states have strict laws and guidelines ...

Texting and driving is one of the riskiest behaviors drivers can engage in behind the wheel. When you send or read a text, ...

A research paper by scientists at Beijing Jiaotong University proposed an electrophysiological analysis-based brain network method for the augmented recognition of different types of distractions ...

More U.S. drivers are also reported to be watching short-form videos on platforms like TikTok while behind the wheel. Distracted driving is commonly associated with texting behind the wheel. But a ...