driver safety

State lawmakers in Olympia are debating a suite of possible new responses to surging traffic fatalities. Those include authorizing photo radar in highway work zones, prohibiting right turns at many red lights, and lowering the breathalyzer limit to convict for drunk driving. Some of these ideas have corollaries in Oregon, where the legislative machinery is getting revved up too.

Traffic accident fatalities are rising at a faster rate in Northwest states than anywhere else in the country according to preliminary data from the…

A proposal to make it illegal to hold a cell phone while driving has died in the Washington House. The measure failed to get a vote before a key deadline…

It’s long been against the law to text and drive in Washington, but the rules would get much stricter under a proposal introduced Wednesday in the…

Safety experts say there are historically three big killers on the road: drunken driving, not wearing a seatbelt, and speeding.Public views have changed…

In Washington and Oregon, if you want to talk on your phone while driving, you’re required to use a hands-free device. But now a Washington state lawmaker…

Distracted driving is a big problem everywhere. All three Northwest states ban texting behind the wheel. Oregon lawmakers just doubled the fine for…

It could soon be a lot more expensive to be caught texting while driving in Oregon.State lawmakers voted Sunday to double the maximum fine for texting…

Travel experts say holiday driving around the Northwest will be especially treacherous this year. Snow, wind, rain and ice are predicted through…