Category: Distracted Driving

Fatigued driving is a serious problem, though it is difficult to determine the full extent of the issue because of inconsistencies in the way accident causes are determined and reported throughout the country. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says that drowsy driving is a factor in approximately 2.5 percent…

Investigators suspect that a woman who died in a head-on collision on the Key Peninsula in October may have been distracted by a dog on her lap, according to a report by the News Tribune. The woman was driving on Route 302 when her car crossed into oncoming traffic and…

Toward the end of the 20th century, public awareness was heightened to the dangers of driving while intoxicated through national campaigns by both the government and private organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD. While injuries and deaths caused as a result of drinking and driving are still…

Distracted driving has always been a danger to everyone on the road; however, it has become an even bigger hazard in the last decade due to the increased use of cell phones and other personal electronic devices across Washington State. In today’s digital world, almost everyone owns a cellular telephone…