Distracted driving reaches 'crisis' level, officials say at Virginia summit

State and local leaders are gathered in Richmond earlier this month for Drive Smart Virginia's 11th Annual Distracted Driving Summit, discussing strategies for changing motorist behavior to reduce distracted driving incidents. “We’re starting to realize we’re having a major epidemic with distracted driving, and it’s killing people,” said Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Gerald F. Lackey. New research suggests that talking on a hand-held phone while driving is as dangerous as driving with a blood-alcohol content of .08, which is the minimum level that defines drunk driving in most U.S. states. Distracted driving accounts for 17% of all traffic...

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