The auto industry wants to make it easier for drivers to tweet and update their Facebook statuses from their cars. But please, don’t Tweet and drive. Several major automakers will soon begin producing car models with in-car Internet and social network access. But...
On Sunday, 26-year-old Sean Smith was driving his 2004 Mazda RX8 down Livingston Road in Naples, Fla. He decided to reach down to grab his cellphone—he didn’t see the fire truck parked in his path. Smith collided with the fire truck’s rear-end, causing $10,000 in...
“You Talk. You Walk.” That’s what is printed on new signs posted around Tyndall Air Force Base. The base has started a new campaign aimed at preventing distracted driving. The campaign makes it unacceptable to talk on anything other than a hands-free cellphone while...
According to AT&T, teenagers text on average 60 times a day — and a lot of that texting happens behind the wheel of a car. A survey conducted by the company found that while 97 percent of teens know that it’s dangerous to text and drive, almost half admit...
A woman in New Jersey sent a text message to a person who was behind the wheel of a car. Now, she is being sued for encouraging distracted driving, according to an article in the New York Daily News. David and Linda Kubert were riding their motorcycle in September...
In 2009, Crooms Academy of Information Technology, located in Sanford, lost one of its teachers in a car crash caused by distracted driving. This loss motivated students at Crooms to take a stand against texting while driving. The next year, they formed Reynold’s...
