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It’s illegal to hold a cellphone while driving in Virginia starting Friday, Jan. 1. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Starting Jan. 1, undocumented immigrants in Virginia will be able to apply for a long-awaited special driver’s permit.  Activists have been fighting for the permit, called a driver privilege card, to become a reality for years. Supporters argued that it was a matter of public safety, and in March, the Democrat-controlled General Assembly passed the legislation. An estimated 300,000 immigrants…

After their classmate died in a crash on her birthday, students at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, Virginia, decided they couldn’t sit by and let the same thing happen to someone else. News4’s Pat Collins shows us how they fought to change the system, and save lives.

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Drivers with a lead foot may soon have to watch their speed more closely in Arlington County, Virginia.

Drivers with a lead foot may soon have to watch their speed more closely in Arlington County, Virginia.

You could soon get hit with an additional $200 fine in Arlington County if you get caught speeding. It’s all part of a new initiative to get drivers to slow down. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Some Virginia lawmakers are reviving an attempt to outlaw drivers from holding communication devices while operating a vehicle. A broad transportation safety bill assigned Tuesday to a Virginia House Transportation subcommittee would make it illegal to hold cellphones and similar devices while driving. Drivers wouldn’t be allowed to physically manipulate the drive to view, read or enter data, the...

After all the backlash and media attention the sign got, Burkett Outdoor Advertising said they are taking the sign down immediately.

Montgomery County, Maryland, police said they arrested two drivers for impaired driving while they were investigating a scene where an alleged drunken driver hit and killed a man on a moped. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Former Los Angeles Laker and ex-New York Knicks head coach Derek Fisher was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after his vehicle overturned Sunday on the Ventura (101) Freeway. His lone passenger, former “Basketball Wives” reality star Gloria Govan, escaped injury. The crash was a little after 3 a.m. on the westbound freeway, approaching the San Diego (405) Freeway interchange....

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A man arrested for DUI told deputies his dog was the one driving