Tag: CELL PHONE DRIVERS

Given all the fuss over the need for laws banning cell phone use while driving, the latest study from the Highway Loss Data Institute will probably be as much of a shocker to you as it has been to experts. Despite the fact that researchers have found talking on cell phones has the same effect on drivers as alcohol, such laws have apparently had no effect on the number of accidents in New York, ...

New Jersey drivers, already banned from using cell phones while driving, may also be banned from programming their GPS units. Just fifteen months after a state-wide ban on behind-the-wheel talking and texting took effect in March of 2008, one New Jersey legislator wants to up the ante, according to the DailyRecord. On June 8th, Harvey Smith, a Democratic Assemblyman from Jersey City, introduced a ...

Dialing while driving can sure ruin your day in a hurry. Over the weekend, a Boston trolley driver slammed his passenger-loaded trolley into another, injuring 50 people because he was distracted by text messaging his girlfriend. Just last month, a texting driver veered off of Idaho's Interstate 84 straight into a parked police cruiser. In March, a California driver dunked her car into the ...

If you are addicted to your 'CrackBerry,' or just generally love being plugged-in at all times, you may want to tone it down a bit on your next trip to India. India's upper house of parliament, the Rajya Sabha, has witnessed an explosion of cell phone use in the country (277 million users to date) and they are not particularly thrilled by it. According to the Times of London, the Committee on ...

Next time you find yourself behind the wheel, watch out. There are slow reacting children out there, and they may just wander right in front of your car. According to a Reuters report, they are preoccupied with their cell phones and not paying attention to your 2000-pound monstrosity, so please, uh, look out for them. A recent study found that children using cell phones are 43-percent more ...