Posts tagged phone

• Restraining order puts Chapel Hill cell phone ban on hold

  Pierce Egerton | May 04, 2012 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The battle in Chapel Hill, N.C., to prevent distracted driving caused by cell phone use has become tangled in a lawsuit over towing cars. Just over five weeks after the North Carolina college...

• Chapel Hill, NC Becomes First U.S. City to Ban All Cell Phone Use by Drivers

  Jim Lewis | April 01, 2012 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It wasn't easy, and residents' reactions are mixed , at best. But starting June 1, 2012, anyone driving within the city limits of Chapel Hill, North Carolina (NC), risks a $25 fine if...

• Chapel Hill becomes first town in United States to ban hands-free cell phone use while driving

  Pierce Egerton | March 26, 2012 10:21 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The town council of Chapel Hill, N.C., voted Monday, March 26, to ban all cell phone use while driving in the town limits – including the use of hands-free devices such as headsets. The...

• Chapel Hill hands-free cell phone ban back in play tonight (March 26); would be first in nation

  Pierce Egerton | March 26, 2012 9:29 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  (UPDATE: Cell phone ban - including hands-free use - passes) As the home of the Tar Heels, Chapel Hill gets plenty of national attention. Still, it hurts like heck that the Kansas Jayhawks...

• Chapel Hill deadlocks on landmark hands-free cell phone ban – for now

  Pierce Egerton | March 14, 2012 9:33 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Chapel Hill narrowly missed claiming another national title Monday night. Hold on there, hoops fans – I am talking about driving, but not on a basketball court. This event took...

• DOT calls on automakers to limit or disable distracting devices

  Pierce Egerton | February 17, 2012 12:05 PM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Auto manufacturers should develop technology that will keep drivers from being distracted by the devices built into their vehicles, according to proposals issued Thursday by the federal...

• Chances of Complete Cell Phone While Driving Ban Slim

  Kevin Duffan | December 24, 2011 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The use of cell phones while driving is a hot topic in safety. While distracted driving is gaining more attention, it is still unlikely there will be a complete ban of the kind called for the by...

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

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

  “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...

• 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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• NCSU Researchers Find Some Android Smartphones More Vulnerable to Attacks

  Pierce Egerton | November 30, 2011 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Odds are you have a smartphone. And, since Android has the largest share of the smartphone market in the U.S., that smartphone probably uses Android. If so, you may be particularly...