(AP) A New Jersey judge will likely soon decide whether a woman who sent a text message to a male friend can be held liable for a car crash he caused while reading the message. The Daily Record reports ... [full story]

(AP) Highway deaths declined again last year, reaching their lowest rate when compared to miles driven since such record-keeping began in 1921, according preliminary government data released Monday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's early estimate of 2011 traffic ... [full story]

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood called on Thursday for a federal law to ban talking on a cell phone or texting while driving any type of vehicle on any road in the country. Tough federal ... [full story]

(CNN) -- A new study suggests that teen girls are far more likely than boys to engage in distracted driving behavior. "There's a remarkable difference between boys and girls when it comes to distracting driving habits. In almost every ... [full story]

It’s no secret that teens like to text. In fact, most prefer text messaging over in-person or telephone-enabled interpersonal contact. It’s also no secret that teens continue to text while driving, one of many “driving while distracted” classifications and a ... [full story]

Women are more likely than men to mistake the gas pedal for the brakes, according to federal safety regulators. But before all those male drivers out there smugly stereotype women as bad drivers, men are more likely to be ... [full story]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - An increase in the amount Michigan drivers will pay into a fund for accident victims with brain damage, paralysis and other catastrophic injuries is renewing a call by some lawmakers for more transparency in how the ... [full story]

CHICAGO — The two certainties in life — death and taxes — may be more intertwined than Ben Franklin ever imagined: A study found that deadly auto accidents increase on Tax Day. Drivers recklessly racing to the post office ... [full story]

Emerging reform of no-fault car insurance policies will likely lower loss ratios in certain states, according to Fitch Ratings. The rating agency found that the loss ratio was 75 percent in no-fault states in 2009 and 2010 compared to 63 ... [full story]

Friends don't let friends drive drunk. In the future, your car could be that friend. The technology exists to have a car refuse to start when it senses the driver has been drinking. But as Joseph White reports on ... [full story]