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Tag: texting while driving
Channel 19
Put down the phone
Rudy Yakym was stopped at a red light on his way back home after delivering a load of travel trailers, when a Volvo ran into his trailer. Hear his story today.
September 6, 2018
Channel 19
Look ma, no hands!
Unwelcome distraction on the road with owner-operator Scott Reed of Buckland, Ohio — knee-drive and text up ahead, look out!
April 17, 2017
Voices
POLL: Do you use your truck’s horn to call out distracted drivers?
This poll follows reports of a growing tendency among drivers calling out unsafe behavior among motorists and other truckers on-highway, particularly cell phone use behind the wheel.
September 10, 2014
Channel 19
Four-wheelers should ‘learn from truck drivers’
Con-way Freight’s Tom Clark makes a compelling case for his view that four-wheelers should take a lesson from professional truck drivers on distracted driving — as a frequent two-wheeler, I concur.
June 3, 2013
Voices
Readers to law enforcement: Look in the mirror
Some drivers responding to news of Tennessee’s use of troopers in big rigs to nab texting four-wheelers loved the idea — others suggested it might be just another safety hazard.
April 16, 2013
Business
People do the strangest things
Four-wheelers, beware: Just because you’re in your car doesn’t mean we can’t see you.
October 5, 2012
Business
Money available for states with phone bans
A new grant program that will provide about $17.5 million to states that have laws banning distracted driving in fiscal year 2013
August 21, 2012
Channel 19
Big safety fail: Get a load of this billboard
This comes by way of the Facebook page for the Big Road app (shared from that of CDLLife.com), which I wrote about yesterday. Anti-texting billboards are probably the wrong place for invitations to text for more info… Happy Sunday, folks.
August 5, 2012
Channel 19
Cell-phone jamming technology in your cab?
Much has been made of the inability and/or difficulty of state enforcement of the Department of Transportation’s nationwide ban on handheld cellphone use behind the wheel. Last I’ve written about it you can find here and here. In the story at the former of those links, reader Martin GrosecIose put forward the notion that combating […]
July 13, 2012
Business
Ohio becomes 39th state to ban texting while driving
Ohio on Friday, June 1, became the 39th state to prohibit texting behind the wheel by all drivers.
June 4, 2012
Business
More states eye banning texting while driving
Ohio, South Carolina and Missouri each have different bills in the works to ban texting and handheld phone use while driving.
May 11, 2012
Business
Alabama bans behind-the-wheel texting for all
With the law, Alabama becomes the 38th state to ban handheld phone use while driving for drivers of all vehicles.
May 9, 2012
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