Posts tagged texting while driving

• 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...

• Dangers of Distracted Driving Part II

  Ed Normand | April 14, 2010 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The dangers of distracted driving were made painfully clear last week, after a three-car crash in Florida sent two people to the hospital. The driver who caused the accident was distracted by...

• Texting and Driving

  Ed Normand | January 26, 2010 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  CTIA - The Wireless Association, an international organization that represents the wireless industry, reports that as of December 2007, there were over 255 million cell phone subscribers in the...

• More Dangers of Distracted Driving

  Ed Normand | November 03, 2009 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A client of mine was forever maimed in a recent car crash, but she wasn’t even driving. Jane was walking in her neighborhood, in broad daylight, when a car veered off the road, and mowed her...

• Texting While Driving PSA Getting Lots of Attention

  Sandy Grinnell | August 25, 2009 12:27 PM | 3 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A British public service announcement is getting a lot of air time these days, and not just on British television but on YouTube. The very graphic PSA depicts a horrific accident that begins with...

• Texting While Driving-A New Study Shows How Dangerous it is

  Joe Saunders | July 28, 2009 10:27 AM | 1 CommentPinellas, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A new study demonstrating the extreme danger of texting while driving appeared on the front page of the NY Times today. The study involved installing video equipment in the cabs of long haul...

• Texting Truck Driver Arresting After Hitting School Bus

  Eddie Farah | April 08, 2009 1:35 AM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Seven months after a school bus erupted into flames, killing one student aboard, the driver of an 18-wheeler that caused the crash has finally been arrested. 30-year-old Reinaldo Gonzales turned...

• Will Texting While Driving Become Illegal in Florida?

  Sandy Grinnell | February 11, 2009 4:27 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If Rep. Doug Holder, R-Sarasota, has his way, it will be. Rep. Holder has introduced a bill to make it illegal in Florida to text while driving. Rep. Holder says the bill is not intended to...