As of late, we have seen an increased amount of accidents and fenders benders due to distracted driving. Here is what you can and can not do while driving in Maine.
The New Jersey state legislature has taken a bill under consideration that could stop residents from drinking coffee while driving in to work every morning.
The Augusta Police Department, in partnership with the Bureau of Highway Safety, is going to be conducting patrol activities throughout the city focusing on distracted driving.
Get this…those fancy hand-free features in your car; they might not be as safe as you think they are. Two studies seem to indicate just because you have the ability to make hands-free call or whatever; it may not be safe to do it. I guess, if you are in your car and on the roadway you still have to put driving first.
Maine is on pace to see a jump in head-on collisions this year in the neighborhood of 25%. The Department of Transportation doesn’t have an official cause for the spike but many believe it has to do with phone use.