Automobile Accidents

• Federal Safety Board Moves to Ban Texting While Driving

  Ted Sherwood | December 14, 2011 4:20 PM | 1 CommentTulsa, OK

  CNN reported that the National Transportation Safety Board called for a nationwide ban on the use of cell phones and text messaging devices while driving. Over 3,092 fatalities were associated...

• Cell Phone Driving Ban: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

  Richard N. (Rick) Shapiro | December 14, 2011 2:34 PM | 3 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  The National Transportation Safety Board on December 13, 2011, made a welcome, and long-overdue, recommendation to ban all cell phone use by drivers. The trigger for the statement were...

• Dealing with the Adjuster: What Coverage Do You Have?

  Mike Bryant | December 14, 2011 12:58 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  This month, we will be looking at the issue of talking to the adjuster. It is not unusual for insurance companies to have specific adjusters who are hired to speak with unrepresented people....

• NTSB calls for nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving

  Pierce Egerton | December 14, 2011 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  “No call, no text, no update, is worth a human life” The National Transportation Safety Board voted yesterday to recommend a nationwide ban on cell phone use and text...

• Distracted Driving: NTSB Calls for Total Ban

  David Rowell | December 14, 2011 10:55 AM | 3 CommentsFresno, CA

  There has been a growing awareness of the dangers of cell phone use while driving. California, like many other states, enacted a ban on hand-held devices. On Tuesday, the National Transportaion...

• NTSB Recommends Ban On Driver Cell Phone Use After Mo School Bus Crash

  Brett Emison | December 14, 2011 7:01 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  The 5-member National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) board unanimously agreed in recommending that states ban all driver use of cell phones and other portable electronic devices, except in...

• Drive Now - Talk Later! NTSB Suggests FULL Ban on Driving and Talking

  Lindsay Rakers | December 13, 2011 9:23 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  According to a recent study at Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, a safety-critical event is 163 times more likely if a driver is somehow accessing the internet. While the statistics for...

• NTSB to States: "Ban use of all portable electronic devices while driving"

  John Inserra | December 13, 2011 5:21 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  The National Transportation Safety Board is coming down hard on the use of portable electronic devices while driving—one of the most prevalent and dangerous forms of distracted driving....

• NTSB to States: "Ban use of all portable electronic devices while driving"

  Craig Kelley | December 13, 2011 5:21 PM | 3 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  The National Transportation Safety Board is coming down hard on the use of portable electronic devices while driving—one of the most prevalent and dangerous forms of distracted driving....

• NTSB Votes to Recommend Nationwide Ban on Usage of Cell Phones & Texting While Driving

  Pierce Egerton | December 13, 2011 1:39 PM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Today, the NTSB voted to recommend a ban on the nonemergency use of portable electronic devices (other than those designed to support the driving task) for all drivers. The recommendation...