Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Distracted Driving

LaHood Takes Sides in Miss America Contest

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 10, 2011 | No Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s latest blog post urges readers to support Loren Vaillancourt – Miss South Dakota – to become the next Miss America. After all, as her YouTube promo states, she can save lives. Vaillancourt lost her brother to a distracted-driving-related crash last year. According to LaHood, she’s partnered with State Farm’s “Teen Driver Safety” […]

Limbaugh: Distracted Driving Regs a Slippery Slope to Totalitarian Rule

By Adam Voiland | Oct 21, 2010 | 5 Comments

Last March, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh made clear that he’s not the sort to shed tears when cyclists get doored. Indeed, cyclists, in his mind, belong on the sidewalks instead of the streets. Turns out a cyclist’s right to the road isn’t the only area where Limbaugh has fundamental disagreements with Ray LaHood, the […]