Tag: texting and driving

Roadbuilding

Cops in Georgia go undercover as construction workers to catch distracted drivers

There might just be a badge behind the next visibility vest you see inside a road construction site. Police in Marietta, Georgia, have gone undercover, but they aren’t infiltrating the mob or a drug operation. They’re wearing hard hats and holding stops signs in a road work zone, according to WSB-TV. Several Marietta Police officers recently dressed […]

August 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT: TXTL8R

The Iowa State Department of Transportation plans to launch an app in 2014 called “TXTL8R” as a way to reduce the number of young drivers who text while driving. Iowa DOT Spokeswoman Andrea Henry says the agency would like to be able to turn off texting availability of phones any time a speed of more […]

September 23, 2013

Roadbuilding

Anti-distraction laws aren’t deterring drivers

Anti-distracted driving laws seemingly ineffective, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. At any given time, approximately 660,000 people–more than the number of Boston residents–are preoccupied with their cell phones while, at the same time, driving on a road. Despite passing laws intended to decrease distracted driving, 39 states have had little to […]

April 8, 2013

Roadbuilding

Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel

Do texting-while-driving bans save lives? Sometimes. That’s not the answer I was expecting, nor frankly the answer I wanted to hear, but some serious research, which The Atlantic Cities reported on, seems to have come to this conclusion. The problem doesn’t seem to be the concept – that part works – but enforcement problems are […]

March 28, 2013