Distracted Driving
Distracted Driving:use of a cellphone or other portable electronic device while operating a motor vehicle
Below are instances where “Distracted Driving” has been used in context.
“Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called distracted driving a “menace to society” Wednesday, kicking off a two-day meeting on preventing drivers from using mobile devices behind the wheel.”
-USA Today
“Regulators also plan to step up outreach campaigns aimed at highlighting the hazards of distracted driving and encouraging driver’s education programs to focus more on the issue.”
-Wall Street Journal
“Concerns about distracted driving seem to be growing. Eighty percent said using a hand-held cellphone while driving should be illegal, up from 69 percent in a 2001 ABC News poll. But opinion reverses when the subject is hands-free cellphones. “
-New York Times
