Texting while driving or using a cell phone while driving is a form of distracted driving. Distracted driving is very dangerous to all drivers on the roads. Even with many states passing the anti-texting laws, which prohibit a driver from texting while driving, the number of car accidents cau...
"I was not using my phone, I was not texting," California resident Steve Spriggs said about the $165 ticket he received for distracted driving while using a navigation app on his cell phone. He decided to fight it in court, and he won. "The reality is that the law didn't cover ...
This issue is in thenewsa bit more than usual these days because of a shocking video created by a police department in the UK. It depicts a teenage girl texting while driving followed by a terrible crash with gruesome results for her friends in her car and the family whose car she hit. ...
The Negative Effects Of Texting And Driving I have been the single most wanted electronic device since 1986. I make it easy to stay connected at all times with friends, news, and entertainment. I also cause 1.6 million automobile crashes each year. I am the number one gateway to porn, cyb...
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Starting Monday, drivers can get pulled over for texting and driving in Florida as a new law banning the behavior went into effect in the southeastern U.S. state. The new law, signed into legislation by governor Ron DeSantis in May, allows police officers ...
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The study, which consisted of a questionnaire of 447 drivers in Australia, asked participants about their perceived crash risk, driving comfort, difficulty and ability, perceived likelihood of talking on a cellphone and likelihood of texting.
"For example, we have a national law against drunk driving. People are also required to wear seat belts," he wrote. "But if the number of fatalities in a state goes up one year, would it now pass as "research" to say that seat belt and anti-drunk driving laws are to blame?" ...
Follow us on Google News Apps A report in India's IBN Live says that in the U.S., texting kills 5,000 people a year, mostly younger drivers. The article quotes a study made in 2009 that says that those driving larger vehicles and trucks while texting are 23 times more likely to...