AT&T has launched an ad campaign that is aimed at stopping people from texting while driving. One ad in particular features a person who was involved in a serious accident that resulted from texting while driving, along with the mundane text being written at the time of the accident. Other companies are launching similar campaigns… read more

The “It Can Wait” campaign from AT & T has the backing of another community.  In Jackson, Tennessee, local businesses and the local police department have given their support.  The campaign hopes to combat the reported 24% of vehicular crashes and accidents that were caused by drivers who were distracted by their cellphones in 2010…. read more

A study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute shows that drivers who are texting behind the wheel dramatically increase their chances of getting in a crash.  As such, AT&T has started a national anti-texting campaign. In Idaho, the Idaho State Police Department, the Idaho Transportation Department, and several other organizations will support this campaign at… read more

A radio announcer in Ontario, Canada is worried that the Cornwall Police will be calling people at home and harassing them because of anonymous tipsters reporting them as distracted drivers. The announcer advises that such actions are police harassment as opposed to proactive police work. He recommends that police patrol the roadway to find distracted… read more

Researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology and Rutgers University have developed a sophisticated smart phone application intended to curb distracted driving. The app uses the car’s speakers to determine if the phone user is in the driver’s seat. This is an improvement on earlier designs which could not differentiate drivers from passengers. The technology is… read more

AT & T employees in Wheeling, West Virginia are helping to kick off the “It Can Wait” program designed to stop texting while driving. They are donning t-shirts, directing customers to the website www.itcanwait.com, and asking customers in-store to sign a pledge not to text and drive. The effort is focused on teenagers and parents… read more

According to a new editorial, potholes, ignoring four way stops, not knowing how to drive in the rain, and texting are the obstacles drivers from Houston, Texas face on a daily basis. The influence of technology in the car has become more apparent than ever, increasing the risk of accidents and death. The author thinks… read more

The city of Amarillo, Texas moved one step closer to instituting a ban on cellphones while driving yesterday, as City Commissioners largely gave their support to such a measure.  However, they still want to hear more from the public before putting the ban to a vote.  The ban, which has garnered the support of the… read more

The AT & T anti-texting campaign known as “It Can Wait” is in full swing, and citizens from across the country have until September 19 to make a pledge to never text while behind the wheel of an automobile.  The company wants teenage drivers in particular to take up the life-long challenge.  AT & T… read more

Police in Fargo, North Dakota conducted their first texting while driving sting since laws banning texting and driving were put into place about one year prior. The sting was funded by a government grant. One of the officers sat at an intersection in an ordinary looking city vehicle on one day and a pool on… read more

A new article discusses a program that lets teenagers experience how dangerous distracted driving can truly be. A driving instructor for Allstate put together a driving course at Colorado Springs’s World Arena. The course consisted of an exercise in which there were no distractions, then graduated to allowing teens to start talking or texting on… read more

We just covered what to do should one of your friends insist on texting while behind the wheel, but advising against such a practice would necessarily become much more difficult if you’re dealing with an authority figure.  For teens, it might not be easy to get a parent or guardian to abstain from texting.  However,… read more