Texting caused total 'distracted driving' deaths to rise, study finds

Release Date 23 Sep, 2010 in Christian Science Monitor

 
   

Texting caused total 'distracted driving' deaths to rise, study finds

Christian Science Monitor - Stephanie Hanes - 23 Sep, 2010
If not for texting behind the wheel, the number of deaths from 'distracted driving' would have dropped each year from 2002 to 2007, according to a study ...

Talking to death: texts and phones kill 16000: study

Reuters UK - Maggie Fox, Xavier Briand - 23 Sep, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drivers distracted by talking or texting on cell phones killed an estimated 16000 people ...

Texting while driving not thought by teens to be as dangerous as drunk driving ...

Vancouver Sun - 23 Sep, 2010
While 55 percent of American 14- to 17-year-olds who are aspiring or current drivers think they could be killed if they drink and drive, only 36 percent ...

Texting Taking a Deadly Toll on Roads

MSN Health & Fitness - 23 Sep, 2010
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Distracted driving fatalities caused by cell phone use and texting soared in the ...

All eyes on the road

Columbia Daily Tribune - Ruth Marcus - 23 Sep, 2010
I am, as of this writing, 144 days away from never again being able to sleep soundly. That is when my 15-year-old daughter will receive her ...

Survey Says: Teens think texting and driving is not as harmful as drinking and ...

eGMCarTech - 23 Sep, 2010
A new survey conducted by State Farm and Harris Interactive shows that despite research showing that texting while driving can be as dangerous as drunk ...

WTF? TWD OK?

FITSNews - 23 Sep, 2010
By fitsnews • on September 23, 2010 Obviously not … but banning it might not be the “silver bullet” some US policymakers were hoping for. ...

State Farm® Survey Shows Fewer Teens Believe They Will Have an Accident or be ...

PR-USA.net (press release) - 23 Sep, 2010
A new State Farm ® survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, shows that despite academic research indicating the consequences of texting while driving can be ...

2010 Distracted Driving Summit: How to reach teen drivers

ConsumerReports.org (blog) - 23 Sep, 2010
One major topic at the 2010 Distracted Driving summit this week was how to reach teen drivers and get the message out that texting and driving is a deadly ...

The distraction paradox

Fleet Owner (blog) - Sean Kilcarr - 23 Sep, 2010
“Driving while texting, emailing or talking on the phone aren't perceived as egregious behaviors despite overwhelming scientific evidence of the serious ...

Truck & Bus Drivers Banned From Texting While Driving

Only Kent - Maddy Rowe - 23 Sep, 2010
Reports from yesterday spoke of a bus driver in Portland, Oregon, who was pictured reading his Amazon Kindle while driving a moving vehicle full of ...

Cell phone use drives up distracted driving accidents

Columbia Missourian - Sarah Tucker - 23 Sep, 2010
It's not just chatting and texting on cell phones. Eating behind the wheel, flipping through radio stations and putting on makeup are ...

Lumpkin Participates in DC Summit

BainbridgeGa.com - 23 Sep, 2010
As highway safety leaders from across the country gathered in Washington DC today for the 2nd Annual National Distracted Driving Summit, three Georgia teens ...

Freehold Township Student Picked for Department of Transportation Summit

In Jersey (blog) - Colleen Curry - ‎Sep 22, 2010‎
Bryan Epstein will implement ideas from the Distracted Driving Summit when he returns to Freehold ...

Department of Transportation Holds Summit on Driving Distractions

WVNS-TV - Kellen Boyle - 23 Sep, 2010
The Department of Transportation held its second summit on distracted driving and texting is at the top of the list. By Kellen Boyle Lawmakers are beginning ...

 

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