At first glance, it appears to be a foregone conclusion. Studying with distractions is disingenuous. Yet, there are scores of students who attest to studying while background music is playing. In fact ...

Traffic ahead comes to an abrupt stop. Another car veers into your lane. A child chases a ball into the street. The events leading up to a deadly accident can happen in the blink of an eye. The ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) --Distractions -- especially talking with passengers and using cellphones -- play a far greater role in car crashes involving teen drivers than has been previously understood, ...

Cellphone use and talking with passengers play a big role in car crashes. — -- An eye-opening new study on teens and driving today reveals that distracted driving may be a much bigger problem ...

The growing prevalence of “infotainment” technology in new vehicles is creating more distractions for drivers, according to new research from the American Automobile Association (AAA). The study, ...

More teenagers are heeding warnings about drinking and driving, but they routinely face behind-the-wheel distractions from cell phones to passengers that contribute to thousands of fatal crashes every ...