Distracted drivers, responsible for some 30 percent of all crashes, beware: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is stepping up his bid to get you to turn off that cellular phone and drop the nose hair clippers.

After putting carmakers on notice to skip the fancy doodads and getting states to pass laws banning cellphone use in cars, LaHood, considered the most effective DOT boss ever, has finally won the backing of some states to count distracted driving details in crash reports just like drunk driving.