A commuter rail system and its former operating contractor want to use federal law to limit their liability in a deadly train crash caused by a texting employee.
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Tags: Connex, Metrolink crash, settlement
School districts and private bus contractors in Pennsylvania will now get a summary of a school bus driver’s entire driving history. The change follows a recent fatal school bus crash.
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Tags: crash, driving record, fatal bus crash
Investigators say a school bus driver was talking on his cell phone and listening to music on an MP3 player during his morning run leading up to a fatal crash. On top of that, the driver was previously involved in a fatal vehicle crash while dialing his cell phone.
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Tags: cell phone, fatal crash, school bus, transportation
If you get into enough debates about using cell phones while driving, eventually someone is likely to say, “What about all the other things people do while driving? I’ve seen people eating, putting on makeup, shaving … ”
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A new study measures whether there are fewer crashes after states ban cell phone use while driving.
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Tags: cell phone ban, crashes, Department of Transportation, Highway Loss Data Institute, texting
A National Transportation Safety Board investigation shows a collision between two trains in California in 2008 that killed 25 people and injured 102 more was caused by the engineer running a red light while text-messaging.
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Tags: cell phones, Metrolink, NTSB, texting, train crash
More than 3 million employees aren’t allowed to text or use hand-held phones while driving for business now that a federal order has taken effect.
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Tags: ban on texting, cell phones, Department of Transportation, hands-free device, President Obama
Has the cell phone industry done enough to warn customers that it’s dangerous to use the devices and drive at the same time? One woman is taking her opinion to court.
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Tags: cellphone, distracted driving, lawsuit
Two young women, both found guilty of causing fatal car crashes while using a cell phone behind the wheel, got different sentences for their crimes. Which one do you think was the more appropriate sentence?
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Tags: distracted driving, fatal car crash, texting while driving
California requires people using a cell phone while driving to use a hands-free device. Now, the state’s governor has had to tell his wife that the law applies to her, too.
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Tags: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, hands-free device, Maria Shriver, using cell phone while driving
President Obama has signed an Executive Order banning 4.5 million employees from texting while driving.
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Tags: National Traffic Safety Administration, texting while driving, truckers
The American Society of Safety Engineers is calling on safety pros to support efforts to cut down on distracted driving since the leading cause of workplace fatalities is motor vehicle crashes.
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Tags: ASSE, cell phones and driving, distracted driving, driver education, motor vehicle crashes
More than four million people have now viewed a video on YouTube that shows the tragic consequences when texting-while-driving causes a crash. Despite that, some safety pros say the video ultimately won’t do much good.
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Tags: driving and texting video, gory videos, Gwent Wales police
A 30-minute video, made in a small town in Wales, was intended for local high school students to show them the dangers of texting and driving. But now, people from all around the world have watched it on YouTube — and the general reaction by viewers is that they’ll never text and drive again.
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Tags: cell phones and driving, Gwent Wales police department, texting and driving video
A 30-minute video, made in a small town in Wales, was intended for local high school students to show them the dangers of texting and driving. But now, more than 1.5 million people have watched it on YouTube — and the general reaction by viewers is that they’ll never text and drive again.
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Tags: Gwent Wales police, texting and driving video, YouTube texting driving video
They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. Here’s photographic proof of why it’s not safe for employees to use their cell phones while driving.
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Tags: reckless driving, text and drive, tow truck into swimming pool
When it comes to the safety of employees who drive as part of their jobs, there’s been a recent focus on the hazards of driving while talking on a cell phone. But what about eating while driving?
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Tags: distracted driving, driving while on cell phone, eating while driving
Just how distracting is it to send text messages while driving? Try your skills online.
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Tags: distracting, text messages while driving, texting while driving
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