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Unsafe at any speed: text messaging while driving has been banned by 17 states. What are the rest waiting for?

Publication: Risk Management
Publication Date: 01-OCT-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Unsafe at any speed: text messaging while driving has been banned by 17 states. What are the rest waiting for?(Aegis Mobility DriveAssist)(Vlingo)(Safe Driving Systems Corp. Key2SafeDriving)

Article Excerpt
Any distraction while driving is a danger to everyone on the road. For many drivers, the biggest distraction is talking or texting on a cell phone. In the past three years, the number of monthly text messages sent has increased from 9.8 billion in December 2005 to 110.4 billion in December 2008, many of which were sent and received from those behind the wheel.

Examples highlighting the severity of the threat abound. In 2005, a 17-year-old Colorado resident struck and killed a bicyclist as he drove and sent a text message. In May, a Boston trolley operator injured 49 people after his trolley slammed into another...

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