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Texting and Driving

Obama Bans Federal Employees From Texting While Driving

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 10.01.2009 | Living

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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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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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Paterson Signs Anti-Texting Law, Vetoes War of 1812 Bill

AP | Michael Gormley | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- It's now illegal to text, tweet or surf while driving in New York. Gov. David Paterson announced Thursday that he signed the a...

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Texting While Driving Ban Becomes Official

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Texting and Driving, Pat Quinn, Texting While Driving, Illinois Texting Driving Ban, Texting and Driving Ban, Jesse White, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- College student Juan Ibarra hopes a new Illinois law banning text messaging while driving will help him kick the dangerous habit. "I ...

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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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Out of Line: Driver Texts

Mort Gerberg | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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State Moves To Ban Texting And Driving

AP | Posted 03.13.2009 | Chicago

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State Sen. Dan Rutherford is trying to put the brakes on texting while driving in Illinois. The Pontiac Republican says violators would pay $75 under...

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The 10 new Golden Rules for Living in a Web2.0 World

Rick Smith | Posted 02.16.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, Texting and Driving, Internet, Twittering, Twitter, Social Networking, Home Movies, Computers, Web, Social Network, Media, Technology, Webcams, Texting, Business News
Rick Smith

The 21st Century has ushered in new social media applications. But with access to these tools granted across the entire Bell curve of intelligences, it seems as if we have handed out guns to chimpanzees!

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Chicago Bans Texting While Driving

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Chicago

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Motorists who send text messages or surf the Internet while driving would face stiff fines -- ranging from $75 to $200 -- under a crackdown advanced b...

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Texting While Driving Ban Moving Forward

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Texting and Driving, City Council Text and Drive Ban, Ald. Edward Burke, Text and Drive Ban, Texting and Driving Ban, Chicago News

A City Council committee today unanimously passed a proposed ban on sending text messages while driving in Chicago. The measure is likely to come up ...

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Shut Up and Drive -- or At Least Stop Texting

Ari Bendersky | Posted 10.13.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Cell Phones, Hands-Free Laws, Texting, Cars, City Council Bans, Driving and Texting Ban, Texting and Driving, Chicago Driving Laws, Ed Burke, Chicago Hands Free Law, Chicago Cell Phone Laws, Chicago Cell Driving Ban, Chicago News
Ari Bendersky

Ed Burke's proposed law sounds like a great idea. But just like the hands-free law that's supposedly in effect in Chicago, this new law will, sadly, most likely get ignored as well.

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