Choose a “Designated Texter” Next Time The Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority launched a “designated texter” campaign to encourage people to choose a designated texter to prevent texting and driving. Putting the cell phone away completely while you’re driving is the safest thing to do. Though, at the least, designating a person to read and send […]
Florida Legislature to Address Texting While Driving
With Florida’s regular legislative session approaching, supporters of a ban against texting while driving are optimistic that legislation will finally pass during the upcoming session. As reported by the Miami Herald, lawmakers have introduced 17 bills on the issue this year. So far, at least 35 lawmakers are sponsors or co-sponsors of bills banning texting […]
No More Texting for Truck Drivers
On January 26, 2010, U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced new federal policy to expressly prohibit texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. The rule goes into effect immediately and is the latest action taken by the Department to restrict distracted driving which can cause serious automobile and trucking accidents. […]
FHP Offers Tips for Safe Thanksgiving Travel
Today, the Florida Highway Patrol announced its efforts to reduce the number of automobile accidents during the Thanksgiving holiday. The holiday weekend results in a high volume of traffic because of family travel and tourism which could result in a higher number of traffic crashes. Therefore, FHP will increase its presence on Florida’s roads by […]
Government Holds Distracted Driving Summit
In a move to promote a higher standard for public safety on our roadways, transportation secretary Ray LaHood announced on Thursday that the federal government has banned texting while driving for federal employees. Also, the government plans to ban text messaging by bus drivers and truckers who travel across state lines. The announcements were made […]
More Attention to the Dangers of Texting While Driving
As reported by the New York Times, an organization of state highway safety officials is calling for a ban on texting while driving. Lately this issue is getting a lot of attention in the media and on the web with the recent public service video that shows a violent car accident caused by a teen […]
Texting Can Lead to Automobile Accidents
A study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute reveals that drivers who send or read text messages while driving far surpasses the dangers of other driving distractions, like talking on a cell phone. In the study, the Institute put video cameras in cabs of long-haul trucks over an 18 month period and found that when […]
