On-the-spot $1000 fine for drivers found violating Queensland’s handheld ban is now live
Queensland drivers face $1000 fine for texting from Saturday
— Brisbane Times, January 30, 2020
Tag: Prevention
Indiana handheld ban clears House vote, heads to Senate
Distracted driving bill passes House, moves to Senate
— TheStatehouseFile.com, January 29, 2020
Focus of improvements in annual report card on US states’ road safety policies: Occupant safety and children; young drivers and licensing; and preventing impaired and distracted drivers
Report Card for the States Rates Those with Best and Worst Laws to Cut Traffic Deaths
— FairWarning, January 29, 2020
Kansas City furthers push for hands-free ordinance as Missouri’s state-level leadership has failed to act: Op/Ed
Missouri legislature is AWOL. So, it’s up to KC Council to ban texting and driving
— Kansas City Star, January 27, 2020
‘We urge lawmakers to rework the legislation and bring it closer to [Rep. Rosemary] Brown’s original vision’ — Pennsylvania’s distracted driving bill is watered-down to clear House: Op/Ed
Editorial: State needs stronger law on cellphone use
— Delaware County Daily Times, January 26, 2020
‘It’s long overdue’ — handheld ban on Indiana’s roadways: Op/Ed
GUEST COMMENTARY: Ban on using handheld phones while driving creates safer roads
— The Times of Northwest Indiana, January 15, 2020
NSW officials are zeroed in on how Oslo has advanced efforts to achieve road safety goals as they prevent deaths and injuries
Oslo cut road deaths to one in 2019. Can Sydney do the same?
— The Sydney Morning Herald, January 13, 2020
Battle Creek, Michigan’s handheld ban signage in place, police now ticketing for violations of local city’s ordinance
Police can now ticket drivers under hands-free cell phone law in Battle Creek
— MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette, December 27, 2019