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Top Cell Phone Providers Work Together To Fight Texting While Driving

It’s an unprecedented move by the nation’s top cell phone providers. Normally fierce competitors, the four companies have now banded together to fight the epidemic of texting and driving.

2013/05/14

Study Shows Voice-To-Text Is As Dangerous As Typing

It’s illegal in Maryland to text on hand-held cell phones. Many drivers use their voice-to-text, thinking it’s a safer option but a new study shows it’s just as dangerous as typing.

2013/04/24

Put It Down: Delegate Wants To Put The Brakes On Cell Phone Use In The Car

In Annapolis, there’s a new push to restrict what drivers can and can’t do with their cell phones behind the wheel.

2013/01/22

Local Teens Learn Dangers Of Distracted Driving Via Virtual Game

If you text and drive, you lose. That’s the message students at a local high school drove away with after spending the morning behind the wheel playing a virtual texting while driving game.

2012/10/24

Simulator Shows Danger Of Texting & Driving

The nationwide problem of texting and driving had gotten so bad that Maryland passed a law forbidding it. An insurance agent wants to make that point to teenagers.

2012/05/05

Powerful Video Shown To Discourage Texting And Driving

When a high school principal requests it, nurses from Shock Trauma talk to students about the consequences of poor choices made while driving.

2011/06/01

New Technology Disables Texting While Driving

Texting while driving is claiming more lives. One study says 5,000 people are killed every year. Now a Maryland entrepreneur has invented new technology that could save lives.

2011/01/30

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