(RNS) — An image helped me see. Fuzzy, tiny, black and white, the picture flickered across the screen of an old television, atop a cart set at the front of the church sanctuary where I was sitting.

Ohio began enforcement of its distracted-driving law in October 2023. It didn’t take long for the measure to have a significant impact in the Buckeye State. By October 2024, a report by the Columbus ...