Posts tagged phone

• Theft of an iPhone Makes for Big News

  Brett Rivkind | May 24, 2012 4:46 PM | 0 CommentsFort Lauderdale, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Ok, what is it about the theft of an iPhone that makes news in the New York magazine, as well as in USA today? My daughters have had several iPhones stolen and it didn’t make the...

• ‘If We Save One Life by Doing This, We're Doing Something Right’

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | March 28, 2012 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This public service announcement (PSA) features Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Justin Bieber promoting the Drive Safe anti-texting application from PhoneGuard, Inc. The application...

• Texting and Driving: Distracted Driving is Dangerous Driving

  Jack Scarola | August 04, 2011 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You see those guilty of it every day during our drive to work. Talking on the phone, texting, e-mailing, and eating while driving. Sadly, each day 15 people die and 1,200 more are injured as a...

• Surprise Report -- Texting Ban Increases Collisions

  Laurie Briggs | October 06, 2010 10:07 AM | 2 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In 30 of the 50 states, it is illegal to text while driving. It seems entirely reasonable to prohibit something, which common sense tells us is dangerous, right? Surprisingly, the Insurance...

• Texting while driving- just like driving drunk? Some say even worse.

  Brian Denney | January 05, 2010 4:43 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You see it every day. Maybe you are one of them. People driving their cars, talking on their cell phones, or even worse, texting, while every-now-and-then glancing up at the road. The scenario is...

• Gov. Crist Supports Texting Ban This Legislative Session

  Eddie Farah | November 20, 2009 12:04 AM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has come out with a Legislative wish list for 2010. He clearly stated he is in favor of a ban on texting while driving this year, adding new momentum for the state...

• Headphones, Pedestrians and Railroad Tracks Don't Mix

  Eddie Farah | October 26, 2009 5:35 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  This is a very sad story to report out of Auburndale, Florida. An 18-year-old high school student was walking along Amtrak train tracks wearing headphones and apparently didn’t hear an...

• St. Johns County Chamber Joins With AAA To Get Serious About Texting

  Eddie Farah | October 18, 2009 11:14 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The government estimates that there are 5,800 deaths caused by distracted motorists. St Johns County Sheriff’s officer, Col. Art May says he is seeing them more and more. Often it presents as...

• Two Die After Collision With School Bus

  Eddie Farah | September 30, 2009 10:44 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Children at a Clay County elementary school are trying to cope with the deaths of two people who were in a car that collided with a school bus. The Florida Highway Patrol reports the car ran into...

• Florida Teens Rally Against Texting While Driving

  Eddie Farah | September 18, 2009 12:09 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  By now we’ve all seen the video on YouTube than aired on British television. The public service announcement should be seen by all teenagers who are close to the driving age, or presently...