Texting While Driving

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High-Tech Devices Help Drivers Put Down Phones

nytimes.com | SAM GROBART | Posted 11.22.2009 | Technology

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A number of fledgling companies like ZoomSafer, Aegis Mobility and obdEdge employ systems that place restrictions on phones based on the phone's GPS s...

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Robert Sharrer Was Texting Drug Dealer When He Drove Car Into Cyclist: Cops

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York

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MEDFORD, N.J. — Police say a man who drove his car into a New Jersey cyclist had been sending a text message about a drug deal. Authorities say...

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Third Of Teens Say They've Texted While Driving, Survey Shows

msn.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology

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A third of teens ages 16 and 17 say they have texted while driving and 48 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 say they have been in a car when the driver w...

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Text and Drive?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

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For such a trifling thing as sending a text message, two young women's lives were ruined, and there will be many more unless and until legislative prohibitions against cell phone use of any kind are passed, and enforced.

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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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Obama Admin Calls Distracted Driving An "Epidemic"

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 10.01.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — Driving while distracted is a growing peril in a nation reluctant to put down its cell phones and handheld devices even behind the ...

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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

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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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How We Tweet: In A Car, From A Toilet

mashable.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Technology

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A survey conducted by Crowd Science gives us some insight into the habits of Twitter users, compared to users of other social media sites. While fa...

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Texting-While-Driving: Consumers Favor Texting-While-Driving Ban

WSJ | Andrew LaVallee | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

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About 80% of U.S. adults support laws banning text messaging while driving, according to a new survey from Nationwide Insurance. The survey, conduc...

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Safety Group Seeks Ban On Texting While Driving

nytimes.com | MATT RICHTEL | Posted 09.30.2009 | Home

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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 PSA Causes Stir (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post | Posted 09.25.2009 | Home

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The danger caused by texting while behind the wheel is no joke, and as an extremely graphic PSA from the UK shows in almost unbearable detail, the res...

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Texting While Driving Ban Becomes Official

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 09.06.2009 | Chicago

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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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New Game Measures Ability To Multitask

nytimes.com | Tara Parker | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living

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Studies consistently show that when we try to multitask while driving, whether it's eating, changing the radio or text messaging, we put ourselves and...

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Texting While Driving MORE DANGEROUS Than Talking On Cell Phone

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 08.29.2009 | Home

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WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers called for states to ban texting while driving or face cuts in highway funds, citing the need to reduce driver...

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Lawmakers To Propose Ban On Driving While Texting

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers called for states to ban texting while driving or face cuts in highway funds, citing the need to reduce driver...

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Out of Line: Driver Texts

Mort Gerberg | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

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Texting While Driving Ban Approved By State Senate

AP | Posted 08.17.2009 | New York

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ALBANY (AP) - The New York Senate voted Thursday to outlaw using portable electronic devices to text, play games or surf the Web while driving. The ...

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House Votes To Ban Texting While Driving

AP | Posted 05.02.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The Illinois House wants to bar people from sending or reading text messages while driving. The House approved the ban 89-2...

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