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The U.S Department of Transportation is sending Sacramento $1.5 Million to combat distracted driving across the state. The funding is said to go specifically towards Public Service Announcements and for increased police enforcement of the use of cell phones while driving. California is currently one of the 39 states that ban texting [...]
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Distracted driving is any type of action that takes an individual’s attention away from the road and the act of driving. Distracted driving puts everyone on the road in danger. Some of the most common types of distracted driving include: texting and driving, eating while driving, grooming and driving, talking to passengers, cell [...]
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Students at Carrollwood Day School experienced firsthand the dangers of texting while driving. The results were what the instructors expected, with most of the students crashing the car during the video simulation. Thankfully it was only a simulation and no one was hurt. People in real life though are not as lucky. The National Highway [...]
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Ten taps. That is the amount officers are using to determine if a person is texting versus simply dialing a phone number. Ten taps. A number has seven, so if you screw up more than once you might be accused of texting. If you enter the area code, you have hit the ten tap accusatory […]
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Hundreds of teens and concerned parents gathered at the Webster-Dudley Boys and Girls club in Worcester County, Massachusetts Tuesday for a distracted driving community out reach program. The event, which was initially started in response to a teenage girl who lost her life while texting and driving, is just one of the many programs put [...]
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A driver of a Cadillac sedan, who, according to investigators, was distracted by his ringing cell phone, caused an fatal accident in Porterville, California. The fatal distracted driving crash occurred Saturday night. The driver’s cell phone had apparently fallen, and when the driver searched for it, he veered into oncoming traffic. [...]
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Upon the introduction of smartphones and increased multi-tasking behavior, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is calling distracted driving an epidemic. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation 3,092 people died and 416,000 were injured in crashes involving a distracted driver in 2010. Distracted driving [...]
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Monett High School, in Missouri showed the dangers of distracted driving through a docudrama played out in real life in front of them. A program entitles “Dangers of Distraction” was presented by Merry and Ron Dye in the auditorium of the school. The students then went outside to a parking lot where a simulated […]
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The National Safety Council estimates there were more than 1 million crashes in the United States this year caused by drivers distracted by their cellphones. The Hoover, AL community and officials are rallying this week to bring to light the dangers of distracted driving. Although texting itself is a huge factor, the campaign hopes to [...]
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A Massachusetts teenager was sentenced to one year in prison after his texting while driving led to a crash that caused fatal and serious injuries. Prosecutors allege that Deveau, who was only 17 years old at the time of the accident, was texting when his car crossed the center line of the road, swerved into […]
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