The writing has been on the wall for a while, but now the federal government has made it official: Interstate truck and bus drivers can no longer use hand-held cell phones while driving.

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Tags: FMCSA, hand-held cell phone ban, hands-free cell phones, PHMSA, texting

A train operator caused a crash that resulted in 68 injuries and $9.6 million dollars in damages, according to a federal report.

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Tags: Boston, cell phone, MBTA train crash, NTSB, texting

New technology could allow employers to keep workers from answering their company-issued cell phones while driving.

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Tags: DriveSmart, smartphones, T-Mobile, texting, use cell phones while driving

The U.S. Secretary of Transportation recently said he’s considering a push in Congress for a national ban on using cell phones while driving. Turns out a majority of the public thinks that’s a good idea.

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Tags: cell phone ban, hand-held cell phones, National Safety Council, Secretary of Transportation, texting

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

A company had banned its employees from talking or texting on cell phones while working for safety reasons. Now it’s taking the cell phone ban one step further.

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Tags: cell phone policies, talking on cell phones while working, texting

A lawsuit brought by victims of a deadly commuter rail crash accuses an engineer’s employer of ignoring complaints that the engineer regularly used his cellphone while operating trains.

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Tags: cellphones, injured, killed, rail crash, texting