Georgia Tech players checking cell phones at door

2010-03-17T14:33:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Georgia Tech players put cell phones on hold to answer coach's call for postseason unity</div><div><p>Georgia Tech players plan to give up their cell phones once again — this time before the NCAA tournament.</p><p>The Yellow Jackets have already reaped the benefits of muting distractions this postseason.</p><p>Georgia T...

Traffic Fatalities for 2009 Reach 55-Year Low

2010-03-13T00:15:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Variety of factors credited for continued decline in highway deaths</div><div><p>The nation's highways have become a lot safer in the past year, with the number of overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 at the lowest level since 1954 -- the 15th consecutive quarterly decline. </p><p>According to early projections by the Department ...

brittany daniels

2010-03-11T17:48:03Z

Brittany Daniels out and about in Beverly Hills texting a message on her mobile phone Los Angeles, California - 10.03.10

New Jersey Drivers Flouting Cell Phone Ban

2010-03-09T00:15:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Poll shows texting while driving increasing</div><div><p>New Jersey has a law prohibiting drivers from texting or talking on their cell phones while behind the wheel, but it's clear many have not gotten the message.</p><p>The evidence is in the number of tickets state police officers have written over the last two years. In the past 23 months, 224,725 citations -- an average of 9,770 a month -- have been issued to motorists for violating the...

Panel: Misconduct by lawyer in Detroit text case

2010-03-03T00:17:15Z

<div id="subtitle">Panel: Lawyer involved in Detroit mayor's text messaging sex scandal committed misconduct</div><div><p>A panel says the attorney at the middle of a text messaging sex scandal involving former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick committed misconduct.</p><p>The ruling by the Iowa City man has been charged with sending more than 500 text messages from a stolen cell phone. Police accuse 21-year-old Christopher Smead of taking a cell phone from a locker room at a fitness center and using it with...

Fan gets jail for text-stalking Ashanti's mom

2010-02-22T08:37:42Z

<div id="subtitle">Fan gets 2 years in jail for barraging Ashanti's mom with lewd text messages and photos</div><div><p>A delusional fan who unleashed his crude fantasies about Ashanti in a battery of text messages to her mother was sentenced Thursday to two years in jail, though his judge rued not being able to send him to psychological treatment instead.</p><p>A downcast U.S.

Punxsutawney Phil's text: Better late than never

2010-02-22T12:46:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Punxsutawney Phil texts wintry forecast; message arrives 2 hours after shadow spotted</div><div><p>Punxsutawney Phil might be an expert at shadow spotting, but texting? Not so much.</p><p>About two hours after the famous groundhog "saw" his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter, the rodent's inaugural stab at text-messagi...

Study: Distracted driving laws don't stop crashes

2010-02-22T13:33:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Insurance study finds state distracted driving laws don't reduce number of crashes</div><div><p>A new insurance industry study has found that state laws banning the use of handheld devices to make calls or send text messages while driving have not resulted in fewer vehicle crashes.</p><p>The study, released Friday by the Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has unveiled federal guidance to expressly prohibit texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses.</p><p>The prohibition is effective immediately and is the latest in a series of actions taken by the DOT to combat distracted driving since t...

Nigeria: Chilling messages sent before killings

2010-02-22T15:22:29Z

<div id="subtitle">'Kill them before they kill you:' Text messages offered chilling orders for Nigerian violence</div><div><p>Chilling text messages urged both Christians and Muslims to commit violence during rioting that left more than 300 people dead, a human rights organization said Wednesday, with one message reading: "Kill them before they kill you."</p><p>Shehu ...

China sentences 4 more to death over ethnic riots

2010-02-22T14:26:34Z

<div id="subtitle">China sentences 4 more to death over last year's ethnic riots in far-western Xinjiang</div><div><p>China sentenced four more people to death for involvement in rioting last year in the restive far-western region of Xinjiang, the country's worst ethnic violence in decades, an official said Wednesday.</p><p>...

US truck, bus drivers banned from texting while driving

2010-02-22T14:39:57Z

<div><p>The US government on Tuesday banned truck and bus drivers from sending text messages while at the wheel in a further crackdown on distracted driving, which claims thousands of lives on US roads each year.</p><p>"I?ve directed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to use its existing authority to pro...

DOT bars commercial drivers from texting at wheel

2010-02-22T14:42:58Z

<div id="subtitle">Transportation Dept. tells commercial bus, truck drivers no texting behind the wheel</div><div><p>The Transportation Department said Tuesday it is prohibiting truck and bus drivers from sending text messages on hand-held devices while operating commercial vehicles.</p><p>The prohibition, which applies to drivers of interstate buses and trucks over 10,000 pounds, is effective immediately, the de...

U.S. bans "texting" by truckers, bus drivers

2010-02-22T14:51:49Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday banned hand-held "texting" by drivers of large commercial trucks and buses to avoid the danger of distracted driving.</p><p>Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement the prohibition takes effe...

NTSB cites engineer's texting in Calif. rail crash

2010-02-22T17:08:06Z

<div id="subtitle">Safety board: Commuter train engineer's texting was primary cause of deadly Calif. rail crash</div><div><p>A 16-month investigation into a deadly rail crash in California points to a commuter train engineer's text messaging as the primary cause rather than malfunctioning signs along the track, safety officials indicated Thursday.</p><p>"Tragic...

NTSB: Install recorders in train locomotive cabs

2010-02-22T17:05:10Z

<div id="subtitle">Safety board wants rail companies to install audio, video recorders in train locomotive cabs</div><div><p>Federal investigators said Thursday that railway companies should have to install and monitor audio and video recorders in locomotive cabs to help discourage the kind of distractions blamed in a head-on collision that killed 25 people in suburban Los Angeles.&l...

Ga. to consider outlawing texting while driving

2010-02-22T18:03:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Georgia could become 20th state to outlaw texting for all drivers</div><div><p>Two Georgia lawmakers are proposing a ban on texting behind the wheel that could make the practice illegal for all drivers.</p><p>State Republicans Allen Peake and Amos Amerson on Tuesday introduced bills in the Geor...

Wisconsin lawmakers ban texting while driving

2010-02-22T18:01:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Wisconsin Legislature approve ban on texting while driving; governor says he'll sign bill</div><div><p>Wisconsin could become the 20th state to outlaw texting while driving for all motorists under a bill the Legislature approved Tuesday.</p><p>Gov. Jim Doyle ha...

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