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NTSB Recommends Banning Cell Phones While DrivingWith recent rise in crashes caused by distracted drivers using cell phones the NTSB is recommending a nationwide banning of cell phones while driving.- NTSB Votes to Ban Personal Electronics in CarsThe NTSB is proposing that all personal electronics be banned in cars. I still think hands-free devices should be allowed, but texting should be prohibited because it is just too distracting.
- NTSB is Wrong on Banning Personal Electronics in CarsThe National Transportation Safety Board voted unanimously to recommend that states ban the use of cell phones, and other electronic devices, by drivers. Here is how I feel about this proposed ban, as a driver in America.
- NTSB Correct to Propose Ban on Cell Phone Use in VehiclesAccording to recent studies, too many Americans, particularly young Americans, are using their cell phones while driving. The NTSB is right in proposing a complete, nationwide ban to get them to stop. If we don't ban it now it will only get worse.
- San Bruno Fire Update: Damage, PG&E, Death Toll, NTSB (Video, Photos)The San Bruno fire happened after an explosion. The damage and death toll are unprecedented. See unbelievable photos and a video here.
Duck Boat Crash - NTSB Interviews Reveal Calls for Help and Alarm Attempts FailedThe crew of the ill-fated Duck Boat that was hit by a barge on Wednesday in Philadelphia desperately attempted to send an SOS and sound an airhorn, but the calls went unheeded and the airhorn failed.- 1650844-NTSB Concerned About Widespread Issues Contributing to Crash-JSSNumerous pilot errors contributed to the crash of a Colgan air flight that killed 50 last year; the pilot caused the crash when he pushed a control in the wrong direction, setting up the flight for aerodynamic stall.
- NTSB Votes to Ban Cell Phone Use OutrightThe NTSB voted that states should ban all portable electronic devices in cars. Should this happen?
- NTSB's Suggested Cell Phone Ban: Too Drastic?NTSB recommends the banning of all cell phone use in cars, but I'm not sure we have to. Am I fooling myself?
- NTSB Votes to Ban Cell Phone in VehiclesOn Tuesday the NTSB recommended that all 50 states ban cell phones in vehicles.
- EgyptAir Flight 990EgyptAir Flight 990 was a flight from J.F.K. International Airport in New York to Cairo International Airport in Egypt on October 31, 1990 that crashed off Nantucket Island. Everyone on board was killed.
Dangers of Airplane Ice: Some Possible Icing Risks on Continental 3407's Fatal FlightEither before or after the NTSB report on Continental 3407 is issued, it may be time to update airplane icing guidance and reexamine the kind of weather commercial airliners may treat as flyable.- The Investigation and Findings in the Crash of US Air Flight 405The crash of US Air flight 405 is like most aircraft accidents in that there were several contributing factors that led up to the accident. This report deals with procedures and pilot error that were deemed by the NTSB to be inadequate and/or improper.
