Distracted Driving
Survey Shows That Adults are Texting While Driving More Than Teens
Texting While Driving It is commonly assumed that teens are the main cause for the texting while driving epidemic in America. Since teens are usually glued to their phones and are new drivers, they must be prone to be more reckless, right? A new survey funded by AT&T found that adults actually text-while-driving more than teens.…
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Keep the Party off the Road
Keep the Party off the Road Even though drunk driving fatalities occur year round, data shows that the holiday season is a particularly dangerous time on the roadways. In 2011, 760 people lost their lives as a result of drunk driving in December alone. We are joining with safety partners and law enforcement organizations to…
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Woman Pulled Over and Given Ticket for Wearing Google Glass Behind Wheel
Woman Pulled Over and Given Ticket for Wearing Google Glass Behind Wheel When pulled over for allegedly speeding in California, Cecelia Abadie was also cited for wearing Google Glass behind the wheel. Later, Abadie posted to her Google+ page a picture of the ticket with the caption, “A cop just stopped me and gave me a ticket…
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Proposed Legislation Would Allow a Police Officer to Search Your Cell Phone History
Proposed Legislation Would Allow a Police Officer to Search Your Cell Phone History Each day in the United States, more than 9 people are killed and more than 1,060 people are injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver. With this in mind, would it bother you if along with your license and registration, a police officer asked you…
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Should you be able to drink at all after you drive?
The government wants to lower blood alcohol content in order to decrease alcohol impaired driving fatalities. Many people have either witnessed or experienced the devastating effects of drunk driving. The National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, is now recommending that blood alcohol content, or BAC, be lowered from .08 percent to .05 percent. Their research has…
Read MoreTexting and Driving Resulted in Police Car being Hit
Lauren Owens, driving a Nissan Pathfinder, slammed into an Albany Police car at 2:30 in the morning on New Year’s Day. Owens was found to be texting and driving when she hit the car. Officer Garnet Lincey was injured and taken to the hospital. Owens is now facing charges of failure to maintain lane, texting and driving, and…
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