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Missouri's Hands|Free Law Reduces Distracted Driving After One Year


Siddens Bening Hands Free Law - How It Impacts Missouri Drivers

Louis and St. Louis County. Over the years, we have seen neighboring states enact laws to prevent the usage of cell phones and other electronic ...

CELL PHONES - Missouri Department of Transportation

a no texting law for all drivers ... and the District of Columbia experienced a decrease in fatality rates within 2 years of passing a hands-free law.

Missouri Hands-Free Law Has Prevented 80 Crashes

A month after Missouri's new law went into effect, research showed technology-driven distracted driving among the state's drivers dropped ...

Texting While Driving In Missouri - Paladin Law

Mirroring dozens of other states, Missouri's latest attempt to reduce distracted drivers is a new hands-free law, which makes it illegal to use ...

Texting and Driving: Missouri's Cell Phone Law

The law prohibits drivers from physically holding or supporting a phone with any part of their body. Even with a hands-free setup, drivers are forbidden from ...

Study: New hands-free laws help prevent crashes and fatalities

According to CMT, Michigan has reduced distracted driving by 12.8% in the year since the law took effect. CMT estimates that reducing phone use ...

Is it Illegal to Text and Drive in Missouri?

The law makes Missouri the 28th state to require hands-free use for drivers of all ages. It is also the 49th state to prohibit texting and ...

Missouri's Laws on Texting and Driving - Buchanan Williams & O'Brien

The recent passage of the Siddens Bening Hands-Free Law made Missouri the 49th state to enact a distracted driving law prohibiting texting while driving. The ...

Is it Illegal to Text and Drive in Missouri? - MRD Lawyers

So, it's no surprise that on August 28, 2023, a new hands-free law went into effect to prohibit all drivers from using a handheld electronic ...

Missouri's New Texting and Driving Law - Wampler & Passanise ...

Missouri has a new law prohibiting drivers from manually typing, scrolling, or holding their cell phones while driving.

New Missouri law bans hand-held cellphone use while driving

Place or receive voice calls utilizing voice-operated or hands-free functions that can be engaged/disengaged with a single touch or swipe · Talk ...

New hands-free cell phone driving law goes into effect in Missouri ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A new hands-free cell phone law is starting on Monday in Missouri. This in effect for every driver throughout the ...

Governor Signs Siddens Bening Hands Free Law!

The Hands-Free Missouri Coalition and supporters of roadway safety across the state worked tirelessly to advocate for distracted driving ...

New hands free cellphone law takes effect Monday in Missouri

“The Siddens Bening Hands-Free Law is an important step towards reducing the number and severity of cellphone-related distracted driving crashes ...

New Missouri Siddens Benning Hands-Free Law Has Prevented 80 ...

CMT's research shows that public awareness of hands-free laws surges when they go into effect, followed by a decline in distracted driving. A ...

What to know about Missouri's new hands-free driving law - KSHB

The law, SB398, prohibits drivers from using an electronic device while behind the wheel of car, so no texting, recording or making a phone call ...

Hands-free driving among new Missouri laws taking effect today

"If we could have 90 percent of the people not using hand-held devices, that would significantly reduce the number of distracted driving crashes ...

Success of Missouri's hands-free law highlighted at Distracted ...

The Siddens Bening Hands-Free Law prohibits all drivers from manually typing, scrolling, or holding their cell phone while driving.