How to Compare Basic Driving Laws in the United States

Over 75 percent of the people in the United States have cars, so knowing and understanding the driving laws is important. Many drivers take trips to other states and thus need to be familiar with the laws of those states.

Instructions

1. Look at general charts of state driving laws online that highlight each state's driving laws. For example, a site operated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides general speed limits of each state along with other pertinent speed laws in a grid chart.

2. Check whether the state in which you will be driving has law restricting the use of cell phones or sending text messages while driving. There are specific websites that can show you cell phone laws for each state. One such site is maintained by the Governors Highway Safety Association.

3. Check online the lists of specific laws, organized by state, regarding law pertaining to such things as aggressive driving, driving while impaired and driving in a work zone. One such site is www.drivinglaws.org.

4. Search the regulations themselves by visiting www.findlaw to find a list of links to the regulations of each state. This enables you to read the laws in question in the state where you will be driving and to do your own comparison of state driving laws.

References

• Driving Laws
• Summary of State Driving Laws

Resources

• Cellphone Laws
• State Traffic Laws
• State Highway Safety Laws