Texting while driving is banned in 30 states, but have you ever snuck in an SMS while you were behind the wheel? The answer for most of us is no, but people are in fact still texting on the sly, and it's leading to more fatalities and accidents than before the ban, according to a new study. When people try to hide their texting from the police they tend to lower their phones to their laps, the Read more

Even though most people agree that certain types of technology and driving don't mix, when it comes to being on the road, there are ways to take advantage of tech. Case in point: a driving-centric dating site. Now there's another site aimed at drivers, though this one seems more likely used as a way to take out your frustrations on another driver. Bump is a new site and iPhone app devoted to Read more

Over the weekend, I took a road trip down the California coast to Big Sur — a prime spot for road tripping. While filling up our gas tank at a tiny gas station along the way, I started talking to a guy pumping gas into a huge rented RV as he joked about it costing more than $100 to fill his tank (it did!). "I wish I would have known how expensive this gas would have been before I started," he Read more

Unfortunately, the photo on the right is not a good representation of what people do behind the wheel. A recent study performed by research firm Lindberg International says that five percent of drivers play video games while behind the wheel. But wait, there's more — as shocking as this stat sounds, here's another: a whopping 15 percent of drivers admit to having sex while navigating a vehicle! Read more

Getting from point A to B is easy with the help of Google Maps, but what if you have a number of stops to make, and want to make your travel time as fast as possible? Point your browser to Route4Me. This website lets you enter in all of the addresses you need to visit, then gives you driving directions for the fastest loop and shortest route between point A, B, C, D, or up to 10 different Read more