texting and driving

With the start of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month comes the 2022 version of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety's "U Drive. U Text. U Pay." initiative, and a companion social and digital media campaign to remind Garden State motorists to put their phones down behind the wheel...

If you could send him a text, what would it say?

This is happening April 1 through April 21. You've been warned.

Last time they did this 15,000 New Jersey drivers got smacked with tickets that cost them hundreds of dollars each.

A Wayne man is charged with aggravated assault by auto and heroin possession following a crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist, police say.

It is not illegal to text or talk on a hand-held cell phone while behind the wheel in New Jersey if you’re stopped at a red light or stop sign.

"Everybody believes that they can do it, and they are not distracted while driving" — but the research shows they're wrong, authorities say.

A new report by the National Safety Council estimates 27 percent of all crashes on our highways involve the motorist using a cell phone while driving.

Do you sometimes text and drive? A new survey, conducted in conjunction with Distracted Driving Awareness month, finds the percentage of New Jersey drivers who do is on the rise.

Texting and driving is both illegal and dangerous, but law enforcement officials say motorists continue to use their hand-held devices behind the wheel. In an effort to crackdown on distracted driving, New Jersey police will be part of a nationwide effort this month to target the offenders.