Editor’s note: An incorrect earlier version of this story appeared in The Kansas City Star on Wednesday and briefly online, indicating a sentence of four years. In court Wednesday morning, a judge ...

Kansas has the third-highest rate in the nation of fatality crashes due to distracted driving, studies show. Distracted ...

Despite years of public awareness campaigns, evolving traffic laws, and increasingly advanced vehicle safety features, distracted driving remains a persistent and growing problem in 2025. Tools like ...

Texting and driving is dangerous and one of the worst decisions you can make while behind the wheel—right up there with driving under the influence. Thousands of distracted drivers cause death and ...

Texting while driving is illegal in California — even when you’re stopped at a red light. What about making a call? In the United States, a total of 3,275 people were killed in car crashes involving ...

Telling teens not to text and drive might be outdated soon. It turns out, young drivers aren’t using their phones to send messages behind the wheel — they’re using it to for entertainment purposes ...

Texting while driving is dangerous, whether it's type-to-text or voice-to-text. April 25, 2013— -- To combat the reported dangers of texting while driving, many new mobile phone voice control ...

Driving may feel like riding a bike, for lack of a better term, after you’re doing it for a while. You get comfortable, you know your routes, and high-stress situations probably don’t bother you as ...