Texting While Driving

With distracted driving continuing to cause many accidents on Garden State roads, some fatal, the New Jersey Assembly has passed legislation dubbed Nikki's Law, which calls for signs to be posted.

Teen drivers are still texting behind the wheel when they're by themselves, but a new study says having friends in the car significantly reduces the dangerous habit.

Seriously! Don't text and drive! You'd think it would be one of those "duh!" things in our lives!

Almost every adult knows texting while driving is unsafe, according to a new poll from AT&T, but nearly half of them do it anyway.

By Jeff Deminski Texting or talking on a hand held cell while driving could cost you your driver's license in New Jersey soon. The Assembly yesterday passed a bill that will raise the penalties for such things, more than doubling the current fines and allowing the courts to suspend your driver's license for a third offense.

If you're one of those people who still ignores the law and talks or texts on a hand-held cell phone while driving you could soon be forced to do it from the passenger seat.

There was an alarming increase in the number of teen traffic fatalities last year, but New Jersey seemed to buck the trend.

Legislation creating a task force to address the epidemic known as distracted driving was advanced by a Senate committee on Thursday.

What can be done, if anything, to combat NJ drivers from texting while driving?

Several New Jersey businesses and organizations have joined in a nationwide campaign committed to stopping the practice of texting while driving.