and driving a car at the same time is a dangerous and irresponsible combination -- but people do it anyway. A series of sparse, haunting public service ads from provides a that even sending or receiving short messages can lead to death or lifelong crippling injury. full story ![]()
Some crashes are caused by texting and driving. Others are caused by driving while drunk. In Anthony Longo’s case, it was a combination of both.
news-herald.com (1 month and 11 days ago)
Authorities say a northern Ohio man who died after a crash on Interstate 75 was texting while driving.
cantonrep.com (2 months and 19 days ago)

Ad Council writes that "a texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into a crash than a non-texting driver." Everyday one million people chat and text while driving. The average text results in a driver...
examiner.com (17 days ago)
There is no such thing as "texting and driving." You can't do one and the other simultaneously. There is texting and TRYING to drive. But not texting and driving, at least not driving as they teach it in driver's ed.
shreveporttimes.com (2 months and 1 day ago)
Distracted driving, including texting, is the leading cause of teenage deaths in the U.S., even more deadly than drinking while driving. There are more proposals for car-based software to disable texting. Wyatt Andrews reports.
cbsnews.com (18 days ago)
Q: Pennsylvania's law banning texting while driving, with a $50 fine as the penalty, went into effect on March, 8 2012. Once pulled over, how is it determined that drivers were in fact texting if they contend they were not doing so? And by what means will the officer prove the driver was texting? Can the officer take the phone to check it for a prohibited text message? I...
mcall.com (2 months ago)
WORCESTER - A Paxton man who was seriously injured in a March 1 crash on West Boylston Street has been cited for texting while driving, police said Thursday.
telegram.com (1 month and 24 days ago)
Regarding the article “House panel OKs ban on texting while driving,” not only should texting be prohibited while driving, but conversing on a cell phone should be as well.
palmbeachpost.com (1 month and 16 days ago)
A Uintah County man who struck and killed a Vernal teen while texting and driving has pleaded guilty to a felony, and settled...
deseretnews.com (2 days ago)
With so much focus on accidents related to texting and driving, why would the FAA delay a rule that would prohibit texting in the nation’s airline cockpits? It doesn’t take an aviation safety expert to figure out that texting and flying – like alcohol and flying – don’t mix. Concern mounted on the fatal consequences of electronic distractions in the cockpit as a result of...
forbes.com (1 month and 8 days ago)
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