The signs use infrared technology to detect unsafe driving habits. They can tell if you're not wearing a seatbelt and if you're holding your phone.

Tim Hogan with SaferStreet Solutions added, “Everywhere you look there are people texting and driving.” Hogan came up with this idea after five classmates died in a car crash.

Texting while driving is particularly risky because it distracts a driver in three ways. First, checking a phone screen is a visual distraction because it takes a driver’s eyes off the road.

Join Insider Sign In. Open the WKMG News 6 ... Fla. – Texting and driving oftentimes is blamed for distracted driving, but it’s not the only thing that can take your attention from the road.

New signs can detect if you're texting and driving The signs use infrared technology to detect unsafe driving habits. They can tell if you're not wearing a seatbelt and if you're holding your phone.

Texting while driving is particularly risky because it distracts a driver in three ways. First, checking a phone screen is a visual distraction because it takes a driver's eyes off the road.

The signs use infrared technology to detect unsafe driving habits. They can tell if you're not wearing a seatbelt and if you're holding your phone.

The Sumner Law Group LLC explores the risk factors associated with texting and driving, why texting-related accidents are so common, and what you can do to stay safe behind the wheel.