Driver texting bans don't work: US study

Release Date 28 Sep, 2010 in Montreal Gazette

 
   

Driver texting bans don't work: US study

Montreal Gazette - 28 Sep, 2010
Talking â€" and texting â€" on a hand-held cellphone while driving is outlawed in BC, no matter what your excuse. Bans on texting and driving are unsuccessful ...

Texting ban report met with anger, skepticism

msnbc.com - Tanya Mohn - 28 Sep, 2010
Charles Dharapak / AP Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, seen speaking in Washington earlier this month, said a report released Tuesday suggesting ...

Study: Car Crashes Increase Despite Texting Bans

TIME - Meredith Melnick - 28 Sep, 2010
Between 2008 and 2009, 30 states tried to reduce car crashes by enacting bans on text messaging ...

Study finds texting laws haven't reduced crashes

The Associated Press - 28 Sep, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â€" A new study from the insurance industry finds texting while driving laws have had no immediate benefit in reducing crashes. ...

Study finds texting laws don't reduce crashes

The Associated Press - 28 Sep, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â€" A new study says laws that ban texting while driving don't reduce wrecks and might actually increase risks. The Insurance Institute for ...

Bans on texting while driving don't reduce crashes, study says

Christian Science Monitor - Stephanie Hanes - 28 Sep, 2010
Few dispute that texting while driving is risky. But the usual solution â€" laws banning behind-the-wheel texting â€" has not made a dent in the number of car ...

Bans on Texting While Driving Don't Work: No Surprise!

PC World - 28 Sep, 2010
Laws against texting while driving are pretty much worthless in preventing accidents, according to a study that should surprise no one. ...

Study says ban on texting and driving may increase crashes

Winnipeg Free Press - 28 Sep, 2010
A new study says bans on texting and driving don't reduce crashes and could even increase them. The study was released today by the American Highway Loss ...

Driving While Texting Laws Did Not Reduce Crash Rate, Says Study

ABC News - Mae Heussner - 28 Sep, 2010
Texting while driving may be very dangerous, but state laws banning the activity are not reducing the number of auto crashes, ...

Texting bans don't increase road safety: study

AFP - 28 Sep, 2010
WASHINGTON â€" Laws that ban texting while driving are ineffective at best and could be counter-productive because they encourage surreptitious behavior ...

Have Texting Bans Made Our Roads More Dangerous?

TIME - Allie Townsend - 28 Sep, 2010
New research shows that crashes are still on the rise, even with anti-texting laws in place. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety plans to present ...

Texting Bans Fail as Drivers Ignore Rules, Insurer Study Says

Bloomberg - Natalie Doss - 28 Sep, 2010
LaHood says the results of a new study on texting while driving are misleading. ...

Do Texting-While-Driving Bans Actually Increase Crashes?

CBS News - 28 Sep, 2010
Thirty states and the District of Columbia have banned texting while driving - a practice that takes the driver's attention and hands away from operating ...

Do Texting Bans Cause More Car Crashes?

NPR (blog) - Korva Coleman - 28 Sep, 2010
A billboard designed by the Black Nail Brigade, founded by Greg Zaffke, whose mother Anita was killed by a distracted motorist who was ...

Texting laws aren't making US roads safer: study

CTV.ca - 28 Sep, 2010
Laws to restrict US citizens from texting and driving may not be making American roads any safer, according to a new study from the Highway Loss Data ...

Study dismisses texting bans' effect

Boston Globe - Eric Moskowitz - 28 Sep, 2010
Just two days before a texting-while-driving ban takes effect in Massachusetts, a new study being released today says that similar bans in ...

Texting bans may add risk to roads

USA Today - Larry Copeland - 28 Sep, 2010
By Bill Sikes, AP By Larry Copeland, USA TODAY KANSAS CITY, Mo. â€" Laws banning texting while driving actually may prompt a slight increase in road crashes, ...

People Still Texting and Driving Despite Law

FOX 9 News - 28 Sep, 2010
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - It is illegal to text and drive but it seems people are not listening. Some new research found drivers are still texting and it could ...

Study finds increase in crashes after states enact texting bans

Bellingham Herald - Jeff Gelles - 28 Sep, 2010
That was the disturbing suggestion of a study presented Tuesday at a highway safety conference. ...

Illinois steps up effort against texting and driving

ABC7Chicago.com - 28 Sep, 2010
September 28, 2010 (WLS) -- The State of Illinois is making a new push to warn people about the dangers of texting while driving. ...

Texting Bans May Not Be Working

ABC NEWS 4 - 28 Sep, 2010
AP National/International News Entertainment News from AP Mount Pleasant, SC - Texting while driving bans are all the talk these days, but do they really ...

Study shows texting ban may increase chances of crashes

KARE - Jana Shortal - 28 Sep, 2010
GOLDEN VALLEY -- A research study was released Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and it proposes the bans on texting ...

Study: Texting bans don't reduce crashes

KSL-TV - Andrew Adams - 28 Sep, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY -- Lawmakers and police alike say Utah's texting-and-driving ban is making a difference, despite new research that contends ...

Texting Ban Falls Flat

KTAL - 28 Sep, 2010
A new report from the Highway Loss Data Institute shows states that ban texting and driving may not be any safer. In three out of four states studied the ...

Study: Bans on texting don't reduce car crashes

News1130 - Jesse Johnston - 28 Sep, 2010
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Researchers in the US say laws that ban texting while driving don't cut down on crashes and might actually increase the risk of ...

News Research Could Texting Laws Be Increasing Crashes

The Car Connection (blog) - Bengt Halvorson - 28 Sep, 2010
September 28th, 2010 If you know that talking or texting while driving is illegal, are you just as likely to do it, but in a more concealed way that takes ...

Texting Study Shows Ban Not As Effective As Hoped

WBZ - 28 Sep, 2010
Two days before Massachusetts enacts a ban on texting behind the wheel, a new report suggests the ban may not be as effective as proponents had hoped. ...

Study: Texting ban doesn't help reduce crashes

Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Julie Johnson - 28 Sep, 2010
California's ban against text messaging while driving may not reduce the number of vehicle collisions in the state, as lawmakers hoped. ...

Texting bans put to safety test

WKYT - Stacy Ellison - 28 Sep, 2010
In fact, the study by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, suggests the bans could actually cause more accidents. Julie Opper learned the hard way not ...

IIHS Report Calls Effectiveness Of Texting Bans Into Question

National Underwriter Property And Casualty Insurance News - Arthur D. Postal - 28 Sep, 2010
The insurance industry and safety agencies remain divided over whether laws to ban distracted driving are indeed reducing highway ...

 

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