Texting while driving ban could pass
The Sun News
House votes to ban drivers' hand-held phones Police could pull over and fine drivers for texting behind the wheel or using a cell phone without a hands-free device under a bill that passed the state House overwhelmingly Tuesday. The House v...
Could texting while driving ban be enforced in Georgia?
Newnan Times-Herald
If a motorist denies texting, police officers might run into thorny legal challenges over privacy concerns should they try to examine the device or subpoena telephone records, according to committee member Rep. Doug Collins, R-Gainesville, ...
Apple Launches Text-Sharing Device, the CoTex
YAHOO!
Creators Syndicate – CUPERTINO (The Borowitz Report) — In the same week that it launched its much-touted iPad, Apple introduced its latest game-changer to the tech marketplace, a text-sharing device called the CoTex. "There are a lot of tex...
People are losing interaction with others
Nashville Tennessean
We can’t go anywhere without seeing someone using a handheld device of some kind for talking, texting, e-mailing, listening or watching. One only needs to glance around to see this behavior. Recently, as I was boarding a plane, five out of ...
Teen's Science Fair Project Sends Text Messages from 1,000 Feet ...
Gizmodo
Aside from updating Twitter with messages of "It's dark in here" while spelunking, Kendrick's science fair-winning cave-texting device could actually help save lives. Underground rescues in caves or mines are time consuming and dangerous ve...
Bans on texting may not work
Daily Oklahoman
Six states and the District of Columbia ban talking on a hand-held device for all drivers, while 19 states and the District of Columbia ban texting while driving, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association . The Highway Loss Data...
House approves ban on texting while driving
Lexington Herald-Leader
Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, said 24 teens lost their lives on Kentucky roads because they or another driver were distracted by a communication device in 2009. Richards, the sponsor ... The ban on texting for all adults — excluding emerg...
Ontario, British Columbia Begin Enforcing Hands-Free Device Laws Today
TMCnet
... or e-mailing while behind the wheel, or using portable video games ... use hands-free devices, which, it says, are just as risky. The governors association is urging states to pass texting bans, but hold off on banning other cell phone ...
Ontario Collects $155 Fine For Violators Of Texting Ban While Driving
Gant Daily
The Distracted Driving Law prohibits talking, texting, dialing or emailing using a cellphone or other handheld device, or using entertainment devices such as DVD players. However, hand-free use of these devices is still permitted. From Octo...
Put down your phone and focus on driving ?
Owen Sound Sun Times
If you've been one of the lagging drivers who still insist on dialing your cellphone while driving, your time is up. If you cannot resist texting your friend or responding to thhat late e-mail while driving, it's time to put the device down...
$167 fine for using handheld cellphones or texting while driving ...
The Province
A driver using a device like a Blackberry or iPhone for texting or emailing will also face three penalty points, which can result in further fines. "Police have been stopping drivers throughout January to give them warnings about talking on...
Police to begin ticketing for texting while driving
Austin American-Statesman
Actually, changing a tune on an ipod isn’t against the law because it is not a wireless communication device. That’s how the ordinance is worded. And Ipods are definitely not wireless and they are not communication devices. The only reason ...
DIY Texting System For Really Underground Radio
News Slashdot
Gulthek writes "Sixteen-year-old Alexander Kendrick has created a device that allows texting and other data transfer from almost 1000 feet underground. The tech could allow rapid emergency communication with the surface and opens the potent...
Medford looks at no texting ordinance for roadways
Abington Mariner
Marks proposed a resolution to the City Council last week that would fine drivers $100 if they were caught typing, texting or reading from a wireless communication device such as a cell phone. “There are three main types of distracted drive...
Teen Inventor's Cave Radio Could Save Lives Deep Underground
Popular Science
Cave Radio Most underground radio doesn't get quite this deep Brad Horn/NPR Science fair projects don't get much cooler than a texting device that broke the record for deepest underground digital communication in the United States. Such a d...
