Texting While Driving
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States Crack Down on Texting While DrivingIncreasing restrictions on texting while driving may be seen as an infringement of rights by some, but as more and more accidents are blamed on texting, state lawmakers are beginning to crack down.- Texting and DrivingMy experiment with texting while driving.
Texting While Driving Can Have Deadly ConsequencesTexting while driving can have deadly consequences.- Texting While DrivingTexting while driving is so dangerous.
- New Non-Profit: Parents Against Texting TeensChambersburg, PA'"One local mother is concerned and doing something about teen texting while driving.
- Decreasing the Danger of Teens Dying from Texting While DrivingWe are losing thousands of teenage children each year due to driving while texing. Here are some ways to prevent this tragedy from happening to your family.
4 Ways to Stop Kids Texting While DrivingThink you can't make a difference in your teen's safety while they are away from you and driving on their own? Think again, here are four ways to stop your teen from texting while driving.- Educate Teenagers on the Dangers of Texting While DrivingTeenagers are at highest risk of car fatalities due to driving while texting. Alex Brown from Wellma Texas was killed because of texting while driving. Her family appeared on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to share her story.
Pls Dnt Txt N Drv Sz Ato Axidnt Atny Terry Cochran of MichiganDiverse persons like Oprah Winfrey and Ray Lahood are urging stronger action against distracted driving. Don't you think it's time, then, that we start paying more attention to driving while texting and while using cell phones.- The Dangers of Distracted Driving: Texting While Driving StatisticsA nationwide epidemic continues to be on the rise with a growing number of fatalities each year involving texting while driving. Research statistics have a lot to tell regarding the dangers of distracted driving during cell phone use.
- Will Millennials Get the Message About Texting While Driving?From Jonas Brothers and Allstate urging teens to "X the TXT" to Sprint and DoSomething launching Thumb Wars, there's no shortage of campaigns out there looking to raise teens' awareness of the risks of texting while driving.
- Textecution: A Tool to Save LivesTexting and driving has become a widespread activity that is putting drivers and fellow drivers of the road at a major risk. Thanks to new technology, the risk of accidents can be reduced.
- Texting While DrivingTexting while driving is becoming a dangerous epidemic on American roads.
- Can Using Your Cell Phone While Driving Be as Dangerous as While Driving Drunk?Texting while driving (TWD), accessing the Internet and talking on a cell phone while driving is at least as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol. Oftentimes, busy people access the Internet on their cell phones.
Truly FrighteningTexting accidents are on the rise and the habit makes roads dangerous for everyone.
Is Dr. Frank Ryan the Latest Proof that Texting Can Kill?Law enforcement is not denying rumors that Dr. Frank Ryan was texting while driving. This raises the possibility that he is the latest victim of deadly car accidents associated with texting. Will his death serve as a cautionary tale or be ignored?- Why Texting While Driving is Idiotic and InconsiderateText messaging is not a sport to be played while driving. It makes perfect sense that text messaging and driving is against the law.
What's the Greater Cell Phone Danger: Texting While Driving or the Millions of Germs Crawling All Over Your Phone?Most cell phones tested have some kind of bacteria on them. Many have staph bacteria that could send you to the hospital or even the morgue.- 4302747 -Oklahoma's Ban on Texting While Driving Stalls in Legislature-BSAn Oklahoma bill that was designed to ban texting and driving has failed. A watered down version that affects those under 18 passed. The text-ban legislation will be reintroduced next session.
- Georgia Governor Signs Law Banning Texting While DrivingGeorgia Governor Sonny Perdue signed legislation today that bans texting while driving. The law goes into effect July 1, 2010. Find out the details and penalties of texting while driving.
- 3518409 - Pilot Program to Reduce Texting While Driving - BW/CBThe U.S. Department of Transportation recently launched pilot programs in Syracuse, N.Y., and Hartford, Conn., that are designed to test the effectiveness of tactics used to curb texting while driving.
- 1379208 - Stanley Law Firm - ALFDistracted driving in New York has led to numerous crashes and deaths. New York passed a hand-held cell phone ban in 2001 and a texting-while-driving law in 2009. Read about why the bans are important and how they can be better.
- Wisconsin 25th State to Ban Texting While Driving-1798959-JWKIn May, Wisconsin became the 25th state to ban the act of text messaging while driving any motor vehicle.
- Texting and Other Risky Driving BehaviorsRead this article to get some information on texting and other risky driving behaviors.
- Texting While Driving Presents Deadly Dangers - HH - 1380108Texting while driving is at the core of a San Antonio, Texas, wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Rosita Davila.
- 1375126-Arizona May Finally See Texting While Driving Law-JSSDespite its resistance to government regulation, Arizona may finally ban texting while driving.
Kim Kardashian Speaks Out Against Texting While DrivingKim had a scary moment earlier in the day as a result of a local police officer who was texting while driving. Miss Kardashian tweeted, "A cop texting & driving in the car next to us!- Texting While Driving: Nebraska Ponders BanNebraska politicians ignore other road distractions to focus on banning texting while driving. Are they trying to keep us safe or drum up votes?
- Dangers of Texting While Driving in Metro Atlanta and in Georgia from a Personal Injury Attorney's PerspectiveArticle discusses the reasons that texting while driving is dangerous and warns of possible legal ramifications of causing personal injury
- Texting While DrivingTexting while driving is courting disaster.
- Wisconsin Moves Closer to Banning Texting While Driving - 1212956 - HHWisconsin may soon join over 30 states that have banned texting while driving for some, if not all, of their drivers.
- 2643993--Texting While Driving in Florida--MJWA look proposed legislation in both Florida and the national Congress to ban texting while driving.
- Study Shows that Texting While Driving Bans Don't WorkThe latest study on texting while driving shows that the laws are ineffective in slowing accident rates.
The State of Georgia Considers a Ban on Texting While DrivingThis important bill is under consideration in the Georgia Assembly. Should they pass it?- Oprah's No Phone ZoneOprah Winfrey devoted an episode of her talk show to the topic of texting while driving, and wants the country to create a No Phone Zone.
- 25 Reasons Not to Use a Cell Phone While DrivingCell phone? There are a thousand ways to die in a car crash and they are all permanent
Driving into Cellular MadnessDriving requires all of your attention, and you cannot hold a phone, talk to someone and pay attention to the road at the same time effectively.
How to Safely Use Electronic Handheld Devices While DrivingAs countless Americans die in auto accidents related to cell phone usage, here are three helpful tips for operating such devices while behind the wheel.
Ban on Texting While Driving is Growing, but Legislation Controlling General Cell Phone Use is a Tough Sell - BW - 1127269While driver texting bans have gained in popularity, driver cell phone bans are mired in controversy.
Dangers Associated with Texting While DrivingArticle examines the dangers associated with texting while driving. Most people feel that texting while driving should be banned.
