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Last week during a two day distracted driving summit, President Obama signed an executive order banning federal employees from texting while driving when in government vehicles.  In addition, the DOT will ban texting and restrict the use of cell phones by truck and interstate bus drivers.  To further drive the… Continue Reading »

Nothing like using a little shock and gore as an attempt at making people more aware that texting while driving is dangerous.  Honestly at this point, I cannot imagine that anyone is unaware that texting while driving is dangerous, but just in case, you can now point them in the… Continue Reading »

A 16 year old in Tampa thought so.  According to police she was walking across a busy road when she dropped her iPod, not realizing it until she reached the other side.  She immediately ran back into the road to retrieve it and was run over by a truck. She’s… Continue Reading »

The engineer blamed for causing last week’s deadly train collision was texting on the job, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.  Officials say Robert Sanchez, who was killed, ignored a stop signal and never hit his brakes, resulting in the collision that killed 24 other people and injured over… Continue Reading »