SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- An organization of state highway safety officials is set to announce in Savannah, Ga., they endorse a ban on texting while driving, the chairman said.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Police in Missouri say they may have a hard time enforcing a new statewide ban on text messaging by young drivers.
SEATTLE, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Studies show texting is the worst driving distraction but a survey in Washington indicates more people in the state say they text while driving.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Washington plans to formulate "concrete steps" to stop people from texting and talking on cell phones while driving, the U.S. transportation secretary said.
WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- States that do not ban texting while driving would lose hundreds of millions in federal transportation funds under a U.S. Senate measure, officials said.
NEW YORK, N.Y., June 17 (UPI) -- An Iowa teenager with extraordinarily quick thumbs has beaten 250,000 competitors to win the top prize in a texting competition in New York.
LONDON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Young drivers who send text messages while operating a motor vehicle are at more risk than those who drive drunk, a British study released Thursday finds.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The California Senate has given final legislative approval to a bill that would ban texting while driving, allowing drivers who do so to be ticketed and fined.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Wisconsin health authorities say they are seeing more injuries among people using their cell phones to send text messages while also walking.
SEATTLE, April 22 (UPI) -- A state lawmaker in Washington is closing in on reaching her goal of banning motorists from sending or reading text messages while driving.
