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Only 3% Of Americans Think It Should Be Legal To Text And Drive
12:47AM Matt Buchanan | I didn’t think 97 per cent of Americans were in agreement about anything, but apparently they are about texting while driving: They think it should be illegal. A mere 3 per cent don’t care, or didn’t answer cause they were busy texting. More »
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Obama Bans Government Employees From Driving While Texting
8:00AM Matt Buchanan | An executive order from President Obama bans all government employees—including soldiers and postal workers—from texting while driving if they’re working, driving one of Uncle Sam’s cars or using one of his mobile phones. Meaning we’re all next. [Ars]
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Texting While Driving Results In Death, Seven Misdemeanor Charges
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | Utah’s getting harsh on texting while driving, but it looks like Florida may be among the first states to issue some serious punishment: A 17-year-old man is facing a second degree felony and seven first-degree misdemeanor charges. More »
Vehicles
Silly Carmakers Don’t Think You Should Text And Drive
11:20AM Matt Buchanan | The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers are the latest to support a national law against texting while driving. Clearly, they haven’t seen me: I can simultaneously eat Chik-fil-a, shift gears, Twitter, send email via iPhone and brush my teeth. Perfectly. [CrunchGear]
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Utah Now Punishes Texting While Driving With Prison Sentence
9:00AM Dan Nosowitz | The Senate may be trying to pass a federal ban on texting while driving, but Utah recently passed a much stronger bill: It views the act is inherently reckless and punishes it as harshly as drunk driving. More »
Phones
Study Finds That More Than Half Of Drivers Are Idiots
9:20AM Jesus Diaz | Seriously people, I stopped driving almost a year ago, but in my 18 years behind the wheel I never ever typed a message while driving. Unlike 52 per cent of drivers worldwide, according to a recent survey. More »
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Texting While Driving PSA Delivers Bloody, Bone-Crunching Message
3:30AM Jack Loftus | Holy shit. The initial accident is bad enough, but the creators of this texting PSA, not content with the usual scare tactics, add in some flying glass and a neck crunch to hammer things home. Then the second car appears. More »
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China Threatens Jail Time For Sexy Texting
6:40AM Jason Chen | China’s threatening a crackdown on people sending seductive messages to each other. More »
Science
Predictive Texting Turning Kids Into Fast-Thinking Idiots
8:40AM Jesus Diaz | A study published in the Journal of Bioelectromagnetics, says that children aged 11 to 14 abusing predictive texting in mobile phones are turning into fast-thinking idiots. Sounds about right. Of course, lead researcher Professor Abramson doesn’t say it exactly that way. More »
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