Tag: Texting and Driving

Patrol

Texas Officer May Receive Traffic Citation for Texting and Driving

An officer with the Killeen Police Department may pick up a traffic citation after she was seen by a citizen texting and driving. The citizen posted a video of the incident on Facebook, which drew the attention of the chief of police.

August 21, 2019

Technology

New York Might Use 'Textalyzer' to Bust Drivers Using Cellphones

Police in New York state may soon have a high-tech way of catching texting drivers: a device known as a textalyzer that allows an officer to quickly check if a cellphone has been in use before a crash.

July 27, 2017

Technology

VA Company Developing Radar Gun that Detects Texting in Vehicles

A Virginia-based company called ComSonics may have the solution to that problem. According to CNN, the company is developing a radar gun that will not only tell officers the speed of the targeted but also whether someone is texting in the vehicle.

April 7, 2017

Technology

Video: VA Company Developing Radar Gun that Detects Texting in Vehicles

A Virginia-based company called ComSonics may have the solution to that problem. According to CNN, the company is developing a radar gun that will not only tell officers the speed of the targeted but also whether someone is texting in the vehicle.

April 7, 2017

Patrol

New Technology Gives Officers Method to Detect People Have Been Driving and Texting

Under the first-of-its-kind legislation proposed in New York, drivers involved in accidents would have to submit their phone to roadside testing from a textalyzer to determine whether the driver was using a mobile phone ahead of a crash.

April 12, 2016