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Cell Phone Driving Ban

Denying Cab Drivers a Cell Phone Puts Them in Danger (and Makes You Late)

Melissa Plaut | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Cell Phones, Taxis, Driving, Taxi Drivers, Cell Phone Driving Ban, New York Taxis, Taxi and Limousine Commission, Cellphones, New York Cabs, Taxi Cabs, Hands-Free Laws, Bluetooth, Tlc, Taxi, Cab, Matthew Daus, New York News
Melissa Plaut

When taxi drivers find themselves alone in their cabs -- as they often do -- with psychopaths, scam artists, or even just garden-variety drunken idiots, that little hands-free device can be a lifeline.

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Arnold to Maria: Drop the Cell Phone!

Carleton Bryant | Posted 10.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Maria Shriver, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Humor, Cell Phone Driving Ban, Home News
Carleton Bryant

California may be going bankrupt, but Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has bigger problems -- mainly the failure of his own wife to follow the laws he's put in place.

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'No Texting' Is The New 'No Smoking': Bans On Texting While Driving Gain Support

Bianca Bosker | Posted 10.04.2009 | Technology

Read More: Cell Phones, Cell Phone Driving, Distracted Driving, Cell Phone, Obama Cell Phone Driving Ban, Cell Phone Driving Ban, Smart Phones, Texting Driving, Texting, Technology News

'No texting' is the new 'no smoking.' Obama, carmakers, state governments, and citizens have rallied in support of legislation that would ban drivers...

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Obama Bans Federal Employees From Texting While Driving

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Text Messages, Texting and Driving, Driving, Health, Cell Phone Driving Ban, Safety, Texting While Driving, Text Messaging, Living News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Thursday it will seek to ban text messaging by interstate bus drivers and truckers and push states to...

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Ban Hand-Held Texting and Calling While Driving, but Don't Sever the Wireless Link to Cars

Dave McCurdy | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cell Phones, Texting While Driving, Cell Phone Driving Ban, Texting, Politics News
Dave McCurdy

We must address distracted driving, but we must do it without undercutting developing technologies that will help in making driving even safer.

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Let Us Drive in Peace

Peter Mehlman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Drunk Driving, Texting and Driving, Cell Phone Driving Ban, Comedy News
Peter Mehlman

First, drinking. Then talking on the phone. Then text messaging. You'd think the government would cut back on its probes into highway accident-causing activities, but ... no dice.

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Cab Drivers Still Use Phones Despite Ban And Risks

New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

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The ambulance arrived at the scene minutes after the cabs collided, one yellow taxi T-boned into another in a busy Manhattan intersection. Shattered g...

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Fines For Driving And Texting, Talking To Soar

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 03.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Vi Daley, Driving and Texting Fines, Driving and Texting Ban, Cell Phone Driving Fines, Cell Phone Driving Ban, Chicago News

Motorists caught yakking on cell phones without a hands-free device or texting while driving will face sharply higher fines, under a crackdown advance...

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Cell Phone Fines Can Be Paid Out Of Court

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Traffic Committee Chicago, Cell Phones, Pat O'Connor, Chicago City Council, Cell Phone Driving Fine Chicago, Richard Daley, Cell Phone Driving Ban, Chicago News

Chicago motorists caught yakking on cell phones while driving -- and committing no other violation -- will soon be able to hang onto their driver's li...

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Cell Phone Driving Law Relaxed

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.10.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, Cell Phone Laws, Tom Tunney, Chicago Hands Free Law, Chicago Cell Driving Ban, Cell Phone Driving Ban, Chicago News

Chicago motorists who get caught talking on cell phones while driving without a hands-free device would no longer lose their driver's licenses, under ...

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California Cell Phone Driving Laws Changing July 1

AP | MALIA WOLLAN | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Cell Phones, Cell Phone Etiquette, Cell Phone Driving Ban, California Cell Phone Driving Ban, Cell Phone Driving Restrictions, Hands Free Headset, Mobile Phones, Home News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — To Celeste Tyler and her teenage friends, text-messaging is as effortless as tying their shoes. The high school senior can...

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