Police in Utah County were out in full-force this morning patrolling for distracted drivers. Police were looking for anyone talking on their phones, texting and driving, and doing other things like eating breakfast and putting on make up. Within a few hours Utah County Police had already pulled over around two dozen distracted drivers. This isn't the first time Utah Police and the Utah[...]
According to Utah law using a handheld device to text, place a phone call, use the internet, watch a video, or take a video or picture is against the law while driving. However, the state of Utah is not enforcing this law. Distracted driving deaths have been skyrocketing along the Wasatch Front. In the past 5 years over 108 people in Utah have been killed from driver's distracted by their [...]
Hundreds of tickets have been written out to distracted drivers for using their electronic devices while driving. At the beginning of the year Washington State enacted a law making it a crime to use your electronic devices while driving (E-DUI). Over 870 distracted drivers were issued E-DUI tickets between January 1st and February 28th. Spokane newspaper, The Spokesman-Review reported that [...]
Recently the founder of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), Candace Lightner took to the Salt Lake Tribune to write an op-ed piece about why she is against Utah's upcoming DUI law to lower the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) to 0.05%. In her article she brings up new concerns such as distracted driving and driving while high on prescription drugs and legal marijuana in Tooele, Salt Lake City, [...]
Road fatalities had been decreasing for years in Utah and throughout the United States until recently in 2015, when they began to rise drastically. This increase in road fatalities is mainly caused by distracted drivers who are texting while driving. To combat this trend of texting and driving law makers are proposing some drastic ideas to decrease this trend in Utah and the United States. Law[...]
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