Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is hosting his second summit next month on distracted driving. DOT is attempting to solve this major traffic safety issue which kills and injures thousands annually.
Background
Dozens of state and local governments have enacted anti-distracted driving legislation
Federal government bans texting for commercial truck and bus drivers
Executive Order bans text messaging by 4M federal employees while driving any vehicle on official government business
20% of all crashes in 2008 involved some type of distraction.