distracted driving

In Columbus, where a distracted driving law is already in place, one officer alone has written 1,000 tickets and given 4,000 warnings in five years.

Senate President Matt Huffman (R-Lima) opposes the idea behind a distracted driving bill but says the Senate will hold committee hearings on a pending measure.

The House bill on distracted driving would prohibit a person from using a phone while driving, with some exceptions.

An Ohio House committee has signed off on a bill to tighten rules around distracted driving after making some changes to the proposal.

An Ohio House committee is preparing for a possible vote on a bill that would ban drivers from holding a phone while behind the wheel, with supporters saying the law could go a long way in preventing distracted driving.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol has started tracking distracted driving cases on a new public dashboard.

A new legislative effort to crack down on distracted driving would make it illegal to drive in Ohio while holding a phone or any other electronic device.

With the March 31 deadline looming, lawmakers in the Ohio House and Senate passed the $8 billion transportation budget that boosts funding for public transportation.

The $8 billion state transportation budget goes to the floor of the Ohio House today, after it was overwhelmingly approved by a House committee…

An Ohio House committee has restore millions of dollars in public transit funding and stripped a provision from Gov. Mike DeWine's transportation budget…