{"id":19924,"date":"2014-04-28T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=19924"},"modified":"2019-07-24T12:12:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T19:12:41","slug":"distracted-driving-state-laws-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/28\/distracted-driving-state-laws-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Distracted Driving State Laws Infographic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(updated 3\/20\/16)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Distracted driving is dangerous to everyone on the road. \u00a0According to the <a title=\"Stop the Texts Stop the Wrecks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoptextsstopwrecks.org\/#facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Highway Safety Administration<\/a>, in 2011 more than 3,000 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver. And, an additional 38,7000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver. \u00a0This is why many states have put bans on driving while texting and\/or using a handheld device.<\/p>\n<p>You may be familiar with your home states laws on distracted driving but if you&#8217;re planning on driving out of state, it&#8217;s a great idea to know the laws on distracted driving in each state you visit. \u00a0 The infographic below shows 3 U.S. maps which depict each states stand on banning 3 different types of distracted driving.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more facts and tips to stop driving distracted visit\u00a0<a title=\"U-Haul Distracted Driving \" href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/category\/driving-safety\/distracted-driving-driving-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uhaul.com\/distracteddriving<\/a>\u00a0or to see the most current state laws on distracted driving visit\u00a0<a title=\"U.S Government website on Distracted Driving\" href=\"http:\/\/www.distraction.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">distraction.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Distracted-Driving-State-laws.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36506\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36506\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Distracted-Driving-State-laws.jpg\" alt=\"Distracted Driving State laws\" width=\"598\" height=\"1247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Distracted-Driving-State-laws.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Distracted-Driving-State-laws-144x300.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Distracted-Driving-State-laws-768x1601.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Distracted-Driving-State-laws-491x1024.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em><strong>Have you taken the pledge to stop driving distracted? \u00a0Share your tips with others in the comments below<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(updated 3\/20\/16) Distracted driving is dangerous to everyone on the road. \u00a0According to the National Highway Safety Administration, in 2011 more than 3,000 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted driver. And, an additional 38,7000 people were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving a distracted driver. \u00a0This is why many states have put bans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":19930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547,546,549],"tags":[523,1124,154,184],"class_list":["post-19924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-distracted-driving-driving-safety","category-driving-safety","category-driving-tips","tag-distracted-driving","tag-distracted-driving-laws","tag-safety","tag-u-haul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51313,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19924\/revisions\/51313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}