Tag: DEPARTMENTOFTRANSPORTATION

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation proposed a new set of rules that would require all future cars to come equipped with rearview video cameras. The cameras, according to governmental officials, could greatly increase rear visibility, thereby decreasing the risk of running over toddlers or elderly pedestrians when backing up. As the AP reports, only about 20-percent of all 2010 model ...

Eradicating distracted driving has long been a top priority for U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Now, he's apparently willing to go to even greater lengths to ensure that we never have the opportunity to call or text from behind the wheel. During a recent appearance on MSNBC, LaHood said the U.S. government may one day require all cars to come equipped with devices ...

Most motorists are, by now, fully aware of the dangers of tech-related driving distractions. U.S. drivers even support, almost universally, outright bans on various vehicular phone activities. Apparently, the laws against in-car mobile usage, the terrifying government campaigns and the gory scare tactics intended to frighten the text out of drivers are finally starting to achieve their desired ...

Advocacy groups have done more than their share to raise awareness of the dangers inherent in distracted driving. Now, the U.S. government is stepping up to the plate. According to The New York Times, the Department of Transportation (DOT) will announce today a ban that'll make it illegal for interstate commercial truckers and bus drivers to text while driving. If drivers break this new law, ...