distracted driving

April is Distracted Driving Month.

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month a time when law enforcement and the Washington Traffic Safety Commission try to educate drivers about the danger of driving distracted.

Dozens of law enforcement agencies will step up efforts to lower distracted driving.

KPD has been writing tickets for distracted driving and officers are reporting an uptick in citations given for distracted driving.

The actual 'legal' title of the legislation was 'The Driving Under the Influence of Electronics' Act.

According to the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission, and supplied by West Richland PD, we have some of the safer drivers around.

West Richland Police are warning drivers this morning of a major traffic accident which has resulted in a temporary road closure, Harrington Road at Twin Bridges. There is a two-vehicle collision just east of Twin Bridges Road on Harrington Road.

People still eating, grooming, even reading(!) behind the wheel.

Benton County Sheriff's present a textbook case of distracted driving, with this accident that occurred around 10am Friday morning.
Deputies responded to the intersection of Gap and Johnson Roads, just Northwest of Prosser, and found a woman had slammed into the back of another vehicle at the fo…

It has actually become a scientific syndrome, a behavioral issue that plagues many young drivers. It's called FOMO, or Fear Of Missing Out.
It's the compulsion that 'forces' people to constantly check their phone or mobile device, or to instantly respond when they hear the 't…