I wrote in Friday’s paper about a favorite topic - texting and driving. While Missouri lawmakers aren’t doing much to curtail the practice (recently making it illegal for anyone under 21 to do it), it looks like employers may be…

Do you ever look at something and think it’s totally cool one minute, only to find yourself wondering if you’ve lost your mind the next minute?

That’s me with this hot cell phone application, Trapster, that lets drivers tell other drivers…

The movement to stop drivers from texting has picked up momentum this week with President Obama’s executive order banning texting by federal employees who are driving.

The ban covers employees using government-supplied phones and cars - and also personal phones and…

The U.S. Department of Transportation this morning kicked off its two-day summit on distracted driving, reporting that 6,000 people died last year in traffic accidents caused by distracted drivers.

The summit was called by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who wants traffic…

I was reminded yet again today of the dangers of texting and driving. After lunch, I was pulling away from the curb when a woman zipped past me, eyes glued to the screen of her cell phone, upon which she…

A new study by Nationwide Insurance found that U.S. drivers are largely in favor of laws that would restrict the use of cell phones - for texting, e-mail, and talking - in cars. The results are pretty interesting when you consider…

This one has been making the rounds on social networks and news programs. It’s a public service announcement from the United Kingdom aimed at convincing young people (and perhaps everyone else) that texting while driving is dangerous.

Be warned. The video…

If critics of texting while driving are correct - that’s its not safe to do it - then Illinois just took a big step ahead of Missouri when it comes to road safety.

Gov. Pat Quinn, today, signed a bill into…

The push to do something about all that cell-phone texting and chatting by drivers gained some momentum today when Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he’ll convene a panel of experts to look at the issue.

LaHood said he intends to gather…

Cell phones in cars was such a fun topic yesterday, why not stick with it?

Today, the Governors Highway Safety Association jumped into the fray with its own take on cell phones and that Virginia Tech Transportation Institute study that found…