Committee holds distracted‑driving bill after members raise questions about streaming and embedded vehicle displays Senators paused House Bill 2109, which would increase penalties for repeat hands‑free violations and expand a prohibition on viewing video while driving, directing sponsors to convene stakeholders to clarify how the bill treats embedded vehicle interfaces and recordings.

Arizona's Senate is grappling with a new distracted-driving bill that could redefine how we use video in vehicles—are safety recordings in jeopardy?

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The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of “jaywalking” Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...

Whenever a pedestrian gets killed or injured in Trinidad and Tobago, there's an uproar about "jaywalking" laws. Educate yourself!
#DangerousByDesign #DistractedDriving #EndCarDependency #TrafficCalming #PoliticalWill #SpeedCameraEnforcement #MobilityIsEquity
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#DistractedDriving knows no bounds

All ages and all genders #DistractedDriving #autowa

If I saw Zoe at the supermarket wearing that striped shirt and jeans getup I would drive my shopping cart straight through a stacked up canned goods display

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Committee hears bill to double device‑use penalties in school and playground speed zones ESSB 5705 would make use of personal electronic devices while driving a traffic infraction and double penalties when the violation occurs in marked school or playground speed zones; agency staff cited rising distracted‑driving fatalities and local training costs in fiscal notes.

A new bill aims to crack down on distracted driving by doubling penalties for using devices in school and playground zones—could this be the key to saving lives?

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Committee hears support for increasing distracted‑driving penalties in school and playground zones ESSB 5705 would double base penalties for using a personal electronic device while driving in school playground and crosswalk speed zones, deposit doubled amounts into a school zone safety account, and include non‑waivable provisions; the Traffic Safety Commission and other witnesses urged support citing a rise in distracted‑driving fatalities.

New legislation could double penalties for distracted driving in school zones, aiming to protect our children and improve road safety!

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Distracted Driving - Ajijic way

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Salinas Police cite hands‑free law, OTS grant to expand distracted‑driving enforcement and outreach The Salinas Police Department said it received a traffic‑safety grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to fund hands‑free enforcement and public education aimed at reducing distracted driving and vehicle‑pedestrian collisions, Sergeant Zach Dunnegan said.

The Salinas Police Department is ramping up efforts against distracted driving with a new hands-free law and a grant aimed at saving lives on the road.

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Gen Z is slamming the brakes on getting a driver's license Driving is too scary, expensive, and exhausting for Gen Z. So they're waiting to get a license and making their parents ferry them around.

#Discover #Driving #Stress #DistractedDriving #Cars

Driving today IS stressful, made even more so by those who are driving while distracted. Many do not seem to know or care about the rules of the road. People eating, texting, etc., while driving. And, too expensive.

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It's as disquieting as the numberless drivers I see using phones.

#DistractedDriving is dangerous driving—whether the driver is impaired by booze, weed, or their smartphone.

View from a car dashboard showing a child crossing the street with a basketball, emphasizing keeping eyes on the road.

Behind the wheel🚗is NOT the place to show off your multitasking skills!
#BeTheDriver who says NO🚫to #DistractedDriving!
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Traffic Safety Commission highlights telematics pilots that helped lower speeds and identify distracted-driving risks The Traffic Safety Commission described telematics pilots with Cambridge and Michelin that identify high-risk corridors and measure enforcement effects; a Spokane emphasis weekend showed measurable reductions in excessive speed and Cambridge-derived "phone tapping" measures flagged phone use on 25% of trips in the dataset.

Washington's innovative telematics projects are transforming traffic safety, revealing staggering insights into speeding and distracted driving that could save lives.

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Promising Practices to Address Drowsy and Distracted Driving Drowsy and distracted driving are persistent, but preventable, dangerous behaviors behind the wheel. GHSA, with the support of General Motors, is hosting two virtual information exchanges focused on f...

Registration is open for the February 10th and 12th @ghsahq.bsky.social virtual Information Exchange on promising practices to address drowsy and #DistractedDriving: www.ghsa.org/events/promi...

Sitting behind the wheel, but who's really driving?

#smartphonesculpture #passengerprincess #lostinanotherspace #distracteddriving (I was not actually driving)

🚗🧭 New research on roadside billboards:
📊 Both static & video billboards impair driving performance
⬆️ Higher workload + more speed & steering errors under video billboards
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#RoadSafety #DrivingPerformance #DistractedDriving #HumanFactors #Drivingsimulator #Safety #Drivers #Driving

Ship vs. Ride: Which Is Safer for Your Motorcycle (and You)? — A long-distance motorcycle trip can be the highlight of your year. It can also be the moment when fatigue, weather, and one careless driver combine into a situation you never wanted. There is also the bike to think about. Your motorcycle might be ready for weekend rides, but a multi-state run asks more of… The post Ship vs. Ride: Which Is Safer for Your Motorcycle (and You)? appeared first on The Good Men Project.

Ship vs. Ride: Which Is Safer for Your Motorcycle (and You)? #EverydayLife #distracteddriving #motorcycle @goodmenproject

🚒 Safety tip you didn’t ask for (but we promise it helps):
Slow down. Look twice. Put the phone away.
Small choices = fewer accidents = safer days for everyone.

#JustDrive #DistractedDriving #PhoneAwayorPay #ButNotWhileDriving

A screenshot of a traffic complaint.

Temporary report to @ottawapolice.bsky.social #DistractedDriving

An #autowa #DistractedDriving driver. None too impressed with me recording them doing “nothing wrong”. They missed the light to instead stay and say I was a jerk, that I was causing distracted driving now by talking to them, they were looking up something on GPS which is same if it’s in the holder.

When ‘Do People Like Me?’ Gets Someone Killed
#DistractedDriving #PreventableDeath #PublicSafety #AttentionEconomy

The driver TyneshaMcCarty-Wroten, known as Tea Tyme has been arrested following a fatal crash that occurred while she was livestreaming.

If your phone (or content) matters more than lives.. get off the road.

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#TeaTyme #TyneshaMcCarty-Wroten
#DistractedDriving #TikTokLive #DarrenLucas

Nothing like ignoring your driving responsibilities on Christmas Eve. Hopefully does injure or kill someone to have the media pick it up as “a sad accident just before Christmas” #DistractedDriving #autowa

21 MONO-actiedagen in 2025: focus op verkeersveiligheid blijft hard nodig in Zuid-Nederland De gezamenlijke MONO-actie van de politie en de provincies Zeeland, Noord-Brabant en Limburg bevestigt opnieuw hoe noodzakelijk het is om afleiding in het verkeer aan te pakken. De inmiddels bekende actie met de touringcar heeft als doel weggebruikers bewust te maken van de risico’s van afgeleid rijden. Met inzet van de verschillende politieteams en met ondersteuning van de drie zuidelijke provincies is hiermee extra geïnvesteerd in verkeersveiligheid.

De gezamenlijke MONO-actie van de politie en de provincies Zeeland, Noord-Brabant en Limburg bevestigt opnieuw hoe noodzakelijk het is om afleiding in het verke...

Bron: Politie | s Hertogenbosch, Maastricht en Tilburg

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#RoadSafety
#FocusOnTheRoad

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Learn about the types of #DistractedDriving at▶️ http://ZeroDeathsMD.gov #BeTheDriver #montgomerycountymd #MDTraffic #MDCommuter #Commuters #VisionZeroMC Maryland Department of Transportation MD State Highway Administration #mdroads #mdtraffic

#MondayFunday on #DistractedDriving #TalkAndDrive

You keep telling yourself… YouTube video by City of Ottawa

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