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Hold the Phone! Distracted Driving Meeting Begins
By Deborah Hastings - AOL News
(Sept. 21) -- Americans are addicted to talking and texting behind the wheel, despite warnings and laws against driving while distracted. "It's an epidemic because everyone has a cell phone and everyone thinks they can use it while driving," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a webcast monitored by AOL News today, opening the second annual distracted driving conference in Washington, D.C. "You can't drive safely doing that." He cited new federal statistics that show nearly 5,500 people died in 2009 in cell phone-related traffic accidents and 450,000 others were injured. ...
Oval Office Order: No Driving While Intexticated
By Ria Misra - Politics DailyHey, you, with the government license plate and one eye on the road and one eye on your cellphone screen, it's time to hang up and drive -- by order of the president. On Thursday, President Barack Obama signed an executive order aimed at the 3 million civilian employees of the federal government and its contractors stating that any employee driving a government vehicle or using a government cellphone should not text while driving. The order blames texting while driving -- henceforth to be referred to as a DWIt, or driving-while-intexticated -- for everything from distracting drivers to ...
Texting While Driving Ban Proposed in Senate
By Emily Miller - Politics DailySenate Democrats introduced a bill on Wednesday that would ban texting on a cell phone or other personal electronic device while driving. If passed, the bill would force states to enact laws against texting while driving, or risk losing federal highway funds. "iPhones, Sidekicks and Blackberries are ingenious, indispensable devices," Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said in a statement. "But while they make our lives so much easier, they make driving that much harder." ...
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