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Two and a half years into the crusade against distracted driving, automakers are equipping vehicles with new technology that might circumvent the 34 state laws that prohibit text messaging behind the wheel, which 95 percent of Americans say is dangerous.

PhoneGuard is an app which disables a phone's texting functions whenever it detects the user moving more than 10 miles per hour-like when they may be behind the wheel of a car.

Google hired a lobbyist to promote legislation for the licensing of autonomous vehicles, and an exemption that would permit texting while driving to operate such a car.

The U.S. Department of Transportation and Consumer Reports magazine have released a poll that illustrates how widespread distracted driving is among young people and a plan to help fight it....

Lawmakers and victims' families will gather in Washington on Tuesday for a summit on distracted driving and the deadly toll it takes.

The state Senate this afternoon approved the final bill in a package of laws to ban texting while driving, but designated that fines go to support libraries -- rather than to eliminate some driver penalties as the House wants.

Drivers of commercial trucks and buses will be prohibited from texting under federal guidelines that US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is issuing Tuesday. "We want the drivers of big rigs and buses and those who share the ...

The trucking industry says computers that connect drivers to dispatchers can be used safely and should be exempt from legislation.

Nearly one out of five U.S. drivers surveyed has read or sent a text message while behind the wheel, even though nearly all of the respondents in an AAA survey released on Friday considered such action unacceptable.

Many states have laws against texting while driving. But many also are more than happy to tweet you about the traffic conditions.