The Virginia General Assembly has passed legislation to make the state’s existing driving-while-texting ban a primary offense and to substantially raise penalties for offenses.
Read More →Florida legislators are considering a bill that would make texting while driving a secondary offense.
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The study also reveals the double standard that most drivers hold when it comes to engaging in distracted driving.
Read More →ALBANY, NY – The State of New York announced it has issued four times more tickets for texting while driving when compared to the previous year, more than 20,000 tickets since the law took effect on July 12, 2011.
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Researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) have found that it takes a driver twice as long to react when he or she is distracted by reading or sending a text message.
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NEEDHAM, MA -- The newly released iZup Lite is a free GPS-based text blocking solution with auto-reply, and a free download is now available on the Android Marketplace.
Read More →CARSON CITY, NV – Nevada’s Governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill banning talking, or texting, on a cell phone while driving.
Read More →DALLAS - Automotive Fleet spoke with AT&T spokesperson Mari Melguizo about how the company applies aspects of its initiative against texting while driving internally, including how it educates its fleet drivers about proper cell phone use while on the job.
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LOS ANGELES - The Auto Club of California has a YouTube video that illustrates how difficult it is to text behind the wheel and how easy it is for the behavior to cause a crash.
Read More →INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on May 10 signed into law a bill that bans texting while driving for all drivers.
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