Texting While Driving

Teen Who Died During Her First Solo Drive May Have Been Texting

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 05.17.2013 | Crime

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Like most 16-year-old girls, Savannah Nash couldn't wait to get behind the wheel once she got her driver's license. Her first solo drive turned out...

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Did Florida Just Pass An Unenforceable Texting Ban?

Posted 05.03.2013 | Miami

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Florida is just a signature away from banning texting while driving, joining 39 other states and D.C which already have restrictions on held-hand use ...

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You Think This Makes Driving Safer -- But It Doesn't

Reuters | Posted 04.23.2013 | Technology

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By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, April 23 (Reuters) - Using voice to send text messages while driving is just as dangerous as texting with ...

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Putting Texting and Driving in the Back Seat

Hemanshu Nigam | Posted 04.22.2013 | Parents

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Fortunately, concerned parents no longer need to rely on will power alone to stop the trend in accidents caused by texting and driving. A series of new devices aimed at disabling text capabilities while driving offer sensible options for preventing text messaging in the driver seat.

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Who's Really Texting While Driving Most? Hint: It's Not Teens

Randi Zuckerberg | Posted 04.18.2013 | Technology

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As parents, if we are going through all this effort to install these apps on our children's phones, we need to make sure we don't turn around and engage in the same harmful behavior ourselves.

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Will A Photo Of Student's Last Text Warn Drivers?

AP | Posted 04.12.2013 | Denver

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DENVER -- Alexander Heit's final text cut off in mid-sentence. Before he could send it, police say the 22-year-old University of Northern Colorado stu...

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Americans Text And Drive Way Too Much

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2013 | Healthy Living

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March 14 (Reuters) - More U.S. drivers chatted on the phone or used email and text messaging while behind the wheel in 2011 than did their counterpa...

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Statewide Texting While Driving Ban Goes Into Effect In Ohio

The Huffington Post | Dominique Mosbergen | Posted 03.01.2013 | Politics

On Friday, Ohio joined the long list of states that have made texting while driving illegal. Text messaging while driving is now banned in 39 state...

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The Dangers of Texting While Driving

Matthew Maron | Posted 04.27.2013 | Teen

As you respond to that text from your friend, you look intermittently at the road, then back down at your phone. No worries. You're a good driver and a great multi-tasker. You've done it plenty of times before. What can go wrong?

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A Designated Texter?

Katherine Bindley | Posted 02.20.2013 | Technology

The dangers associated with texting while driving have often been likened to those of drinking and driving. Now, Florida's Orlando-Orange County Expre...

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Soon You May Be Able To Do Even Less On Your Phone While Driving

Posted 02.15.2013 | Los Angeles

Soon, Californians may not even be able to use certain voice commands on their cell phones while driving. A law that just went into effect in Calif...

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Better Car Insurance Through Data

Phil Simon | Posted 04.09.2013 | Books

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Big Data is changing car insurance and, as we'll see, other industries as well. The revolution is just getting started.

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'There's Going To Be No More Distracted Driving In Florida'

Sun Sentinel | Robert Nolin | Posted 04.02.2013 | Miami

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You're hurtling down the interstate at 70 mph, or 103 feet per second. Sending or receiving that irresistible text averages more than four seconds, wh...

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New Study Finds People Most Able to Multitask Do It the Least

Daniel Vahab | Posted 03.31.2013 | Business

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Society is training us to have attention deficit disorders, with technology at the core of the problem.

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New Law Keeps Young Drivers Off Their Phones

ABC News Radio | Anselm Gibbs | Posted 03.12.2013 | Detroit

(LANSING, Mich.) -- A new law has been signed to help keep young drivers off of cellphones while behind the wheel in Michigan. Kelsey's Law was sig...

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Finally Illegal?

The Tampa Tribune | TED JACKOVICS | Posted 02.09.2013 | Miami

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TAMPA -- State lawmakers seeking to have Florida join the 39 states that prohibit texting while driving said they have gained the upper hand. On Tues...

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Parents Are Not the Best Role Models for Teen Drivers

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 01.13.2013 | Parents

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The next time you hear that Bing! when you're behind the wheel, think about the behavior you're modeling for your kids before you reach for your phone. Live like your kids are watching. Because they are.

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A November 6 Challenge for Candidates: Are You Champions for Child Injury Prevention?

Kate Carr | Posted 10.26.2012 | Politics

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We must challenge the candidates running on November 6 to pledge their support for common sense laws and policies that will save lives, and also, save tax dollars.

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Cognitive Bias and the Blame for Benghazi

Austin Dacey | Posted 12.03.2012 | Media

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How much blame is deserved by the morally unlucky producers of incendiary material that sparks violence given that the Internet and the rest of the world is littered with loads of comparable material that, as it happens, does not?

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Calculated Risk: Wild Dogs, Caged Monkeys and... Texting?

Dr. Gregory Jantz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.21.2012 | Healthy Living

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Sometimes it works to take a calculated risk. Sometimes it doesn't. The challenge is to decide when you can't be wrong.

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Support It Can Wait: No Texting While Driving

John M. Burns | Posted 10.15.2012 | Technology

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Together, we can work to remind one another that no text is worth a life.

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Texting While Driving: An Instant Can Change Your Life... Your Life Can Change in an Instant

Charlene Lake | Posted 10.15.2012 | Impact

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Here's the problem with statistics: After a while, they become background noise. It's easy to lose sight of the real people behind these numbers. That's why I wanted to introduce you to Wil. Wil had the misfortune to be riding in a car whose driver was speeding and texting.

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WATCH: Bill Maher's New Rule For People Who Text While Crossing The Street

Posted 06.22.2012 | Comedy

There's a texting epidemic in this country: we're texting while driving, while crossing the street, while getting married... It's all very dangerous,...

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Race Car Driver Allan McNish Talks About Being Scared, Texting and Taking the Bus

Susan Michals | Posted 08.20.2012 | Sports

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What makes a guy like this go on? Here, after having a few days to decompress post Le Mans 2012, the 42 year-old Scot talks about what spurs him on and the evils of texting behind the wheel.

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No Jail For Woman Who Texted While Driving And Fatally Hit Deliveryman

Posted 06.12.2012 | New York

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A Brooklyn woman who was texting while driving, fatally hitting a Chinese deliveryman in 2010, has escaped jail time by agreeing to a plea deal on Mon...

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