All state legislatures across the nation have modified their laws regarding distracted driving over the past decade. While most states have made texting while driving the only offense allowing for a citation, some states like Georgia have set the bar at no hand-held...

Despite Georgia statutes, distracted driving continues to rise. Although media attention focuses on texting anything that takes your attention away from your task constitutes a distraction. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the number of...

Many states have passed laws to minimize the distractions drivers have from mobile phones. Georgia has its own law, which the Office of Highway Safety explains is the Hands-Free Law. The law became effective on July 1, 2018. It outlines specific rules for mobile phone...

While it can cause serious accidents and injuries, many motorists do not take distracted driving seriously. Distracted driving behaviors, including texting while driving, eating behind the wheel, and talking to passengers, can easily lead to a devastating accident. In...

Georgia drivers face a lot of distractions on the road. Any one of these distractions has the potential to cause a deadly crash. While you can avoid some of them, others are harder to evade. It is important to understand the source of as many distractions as possible....

Past posts on this blog detailed the fact that there are many other types of driving distractions other than one using their cell phone while behind the wheel. Eating and drinking while driving was specifically mentioned among them. It may surprise you to learn of...

In 2018, Georgia residents found themselves facing a new cell phone law that restricts cell phone usage while driving. According to the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, drivers cannot hold a phone in their hands, their laps or any other part of the body...

In 2019, Volvo Car USA and The Harris Poll conducted a study on unrestrained pets and the distraction they cause drivers. Pets are a beloved part of the family, but to allow pets to roam can increase unsafe driving habits and lead to human and animal stress. This...

Residents in Georgia hear more about safe driving now than ever. Drivers everywhere attempt to adjust their driving habits and navigate the roads safely. Some may use hands-free tech in an attempt to do that.  But how safe is this technology in reality? Does it offer...

There is no doubt that distracted driving puts the lives of drivers, passengers, pedestrians and others on the road at risk. Distracted driving car accidents caused more than 3,100 deaths and over 100,000 injuries in one year alone, according to the National Highway...