Posts tagged texting

• Texting Kills Another Driver

  David Bernstein | January 23, 2012 3:33 PM | 1 CommentNorman, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 21 year old man from Durant, Oklahoma, recently died in a single-car accident early Saturday morning on U.S. 70 east of Durant, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Jonathan Kinsey, 21, died...

• Texting while driving: More states are making it illegal

  David Bernstein | January 05, 2011 10:24 AM | 3 CommentsNorman, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Driving While Texting Bans Accidents can occur for a variety of reasons. Some of those reasons are preventable. Others are not. Distracted driving would fall into the preventable category. That is...

• Texting While Driving - Graphic Video Shows the End Result

  Jeremy Thurman | September 03, 2010 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There are few rules of the road more commonly plastered on billboards than the conventional advice, don’t drink and drive. If you cause a crash while under the influence, odds are that...

• Cell phone privacy -- what cell phone companies are doing

  David Bernstein | October 11, 2011 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsNorman, OK Category: Miscellaneous
  

  You will be hard-pressed to find a person not carrying a cell phone these days – from elementary school kids to grandparents. But, would everyone be so willing to carry around a cell phone...

• Tulsa Teen Causes Power Outage Due to Intexticated Driving

  Jeremy Thurman | August 17, 2009 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsTulsa, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Over the last few months startling statistics about distracted driving, in particular texting while driving, has shown the dangerous and often deadly propensity of individuals who text while they...

• U.S. Department of Transportation Bans Texting for Inter-State Truckers

  Jeremy Thurman | January 27, 2010 10:36 AM | 4 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  According to autoblog.com, the U.S. Department of Transportation has made it a crime for inter-state truck drivers and drivers of coaches carrying more than eight passengers to text or use handheld...

• Intexicated Driving – Hottest Safety Issue in Transportation

  Jeremy Thurman | January 11, 2010 12:35 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The New York Times recently discussed the hot button issue of distracted driving on our nation’s highways. They state that lawmakers have already proposed 200 bills to curb distracted...

• Texting Behind the Wheel – Prevalent Among Oklahoma Drivers?

  Jeremy Thurman | October 30, 2009 10:43 AM | 2 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Do you have a teenage driver in your household? Does your teen have a cell phone? Does your teen like to text? As a parent I can say yes to each of the above. So I can empathize with parents...

• Tow Truck Driver Caught Texting On One Cell Phone While Texting On Another

  Jeremy Thurman | July 30, 2009 5:31 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Another truly amazing story regarding cell phone use and driving has come to light in Lockport N.Y. According to Breitbart.com a tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on...

• Intexticated and Driving

  Jeremy Thurman | July 15, 2009 8:11 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On June 24, 2009, Car and Driver Magazine performed an astonishing test reflecting the response time for a driver while texting compared with a drunk driver. According to the study Test subject...