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• Texting man nearly walks into bear attack

  Tue Apr 10, 2012
  • Texting is an efficient communications medium, a powerful fund raising tool and even a crime reporting method - to name a few upsides.

• This hands-free texting app is easy to use, accurate

  Fri Mar 9, 2012
  • There isn't anyone out there on the front lines of the texting while driving issue that thinks that any Speech to Text software is anything other that just another form of texting while driving.

• Feds to crack down on texting while driving

  Thu Feb 16, 2012
  • I read that 94% of drivers think Text and Drive is lethal but over one third still do it. What to do? I think legislation has value in raising public awareness in forums like this one but it will be difficult to solely legislate our way out of this issue.

• Feds to crack down on texting while driving

  Thu Feb 16, 2012
  • I read that 94% of drivers think Text and Drive is lethal but over one third still do it. What to do? I think legislation has value in raising public awareness in forums like this one but it will be difficult to solely legislate our way out of this issue.

• Doctors noting increase in 'sleep texting'

  Thu Nov 17, 2011
  • This story reminds me of a mother of a teen who wrote us to let us know that her teen was finally sleeping after using OTTER which is a texting auto reply app that teens (and adults) can use to focus on a lecture or take a nap without feeling disconnected from their social networks.

• Apps that prevent your teen from texting while driving

  Mon Aug 22, 2011
  • I think real change on this issue is going to come from the end user - the delivery man, the car pooling mom, or the teen driver deciding to change their habits. From truckers to moms to teens that I spoke with on the issue of text and drive - there was one common thread.

• 35 percent of college students use mobile apps ... while driving

  Mon Jun 27, 2011
  • I think we live in a culture where business people need to 'hit the ball over the net'. Teens consider it rude not to reply immediately to texts. Home schedules would grind to a halt without immediate communication.

• Do distracted driving measures go far enough?

  Wed Mar 30, 2011
  • Define "carnage" Mr. Bragman... would carnage be 6500 deaths a year on our highways?  7500?

• U.S. proposes cell phone ban for truck, bus drivers

  Fri Dec 17, 2010
  • Real change on this issue is going to come from the end user - the delivery man, the car pooling mom, or the teen driver deciding to change their habits. From truckers to moms to teens that I spoke with on the issue of text and drive - there was one common thread.

• Gov't evaluating cell phone blocking tech in cars

  Mon Nov 29, 2010
  • Real change on this issue is going to come from the end user - the delivery man, the car pooling mom, or the teen driver deciding to change their habits. From truckers to moms to teens that I spoke with on the issue of text and drive - there was one common thread.