Automotive manufacturers have been pushing to get improved hands-free technology into automobiles all around the world. Handsfree technology allows drivers to do things such as make phone calls ...

A large part of the rationale for equipping automobiles with voice-activated software is concern for safety, as voice commands and voice-to-text messaging are supposedly safer than fumbling with a ...

Efforts by federal officials prohibiting all interstate and haz-mat truckers from texting while driving, along with many state having such laws for all drivers, may do little for safety on the roadway ...

Voice-based systems offer no real safety advantage over manual texting, according to a study sponsored by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center and conducted by the Texas A&M ...

As we cruise through National Distracted Driving Awareness month we're finding, despite our best efforts, there's just no way to stay fully connected while you drive -- yet. Research coming out of the ...

As the author of this column, pillar of the traffic reporting community and an outspoken opponent of texting while driving, I decided to make a life change in January. Realizing the inherent dangers ...

The problem with trying to send and receive text messages while operating a vehicle is that your eyes are zeroed in on a mobile phone instead of the road where they belong. Voice-to-text apps that ...

Here’s something to chew over: a new report that claims voice-to-text applications or “apps” don’t help reduce distractive driving behavior – indeed, as with “manual texting,” driver reaction times ...

The most interesting developments in technology are never the gadgets themselves. It's how they impact society. Even decades into the cell-phone revolution, for example, we're still trying to figure ...