distracted driving

"I saw them pulling the blanket over the deceased, and it clicked in my brain that this is bad. Very, very bad."

Did you ever think that cops won't pull you over in the rain? A driver blew past a fully marked squad car and quickly found out that's not true.

A semi-driver was not paying attention as he was flying down the highway and clipped a Wisconsin State Troopers vehicle.

Remember back in the day, everyone had the fur dice hanging from their rearview mirror? Will it get you pulled over if you went retro and hung a pair?

"Distracted driving contributes to 11 percent of all crashes in Minnesota – that's over 39,000 in the last five years." Here are tips to help motorists drive safely.

Woah.

This is getting so out of hand.

Leslie Knope would NOT be proud.

A Minnesota cop is lucky to not be seriously injured after a distracted driver ran a red light and broadsided his police car.

Suction cup mounts for smartphones and GPS units are popular choices among many, but they aren't legal everywhere in the United States. In other states, they may be legal, but must be positioned and used in specific ways.

Officer Ron Tinsley from the Duluth Police Department recently joined our Morning Show on Mix 108 for a new weekly segment called "Ask a Cop" every Tuesday morning at 8:35am. The Topic this morning was distracted driving.

Smartphones are amazing devices to keep us connected, entertain us, and so much more. As fantastic as these devices may be, they pose a serious threat to users and those around them every day. Over the last four years, the number of distracted driving-related deaths has grown exponentially, from 93 in 2008 to almost 800 in 2011.