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PEW report: Teens, parents continue to text and drive
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2009-11-17 08:10:02
According to the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, about 25% of teenagers in the United States are texting while driving. They see their parents texting and driving, too!


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Whereis provides Real View of major junctions
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Products

2009-10-28 20:42:01
Whereis maps for GPS navigation units now include photorealistic renderings of major junctions to make life easier for drivers.


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Australian state lifts ban on driving with phone GPS
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-10-19 01:55:33
Using the navigation and music functions of a mobile phone will not - after all - be made illegal in the Australian state of Victoria. Is this a victory for common sense?


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Parenting style important to safe teen driving
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2009-09-29 09:24:49
A study performed by the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found that parenting style is very important in the driving style of teenagers. Specifically, teenagers that have their own car are twice as dangerous as teenagers that share a car with a parent.


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YouTube dramatizes danger of texting and driving
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse

Category: The Science Blog

2009-09-02 08:18:32
A YouTube video from a police department in Gwent, Wales, dramatically shows the dangers of texting while driving a motorized vehicle.


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Texting and driving may be a thing of the past
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2009-07-29 07:56:07
If U.S. lawmakers have their way, then texting while driving your motorized vehicle will be illegal in the United States. It’s just another example that when people are not responsible for their own health and safety, then government must come in with new laws to force health and safety upon its citizens. Such actions should be applauded because they keep responsible citizens safe from irresponsible people!


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Telstra survey shows 15% of parents use phones while driving
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2009-04-06 20:55:18
Just a few days before Easter, the long weekend and many families hitting the road for a holiday, a new Telstra survey has uncovered the shocking statistic that far too many people are still using their phones while driving – and while the kids are in the car.


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NSC wants complete cell phone ban on drivers
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2009-01-12 09:46:17
On January 12, 2009, the National Safety Council announced that it is launching a United States-wide program to publicize its desire to ban all cell phone use (both hand-held and hands-free) while motorists drive vehicles.


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Another study finds cell phone use in cars dangerous
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science

Category: Health

2008-12-02 08:02:50
A U.S. study has piled on more damaging evidence that cell phones used while driving is worse than driving drunk, slows reaction times of teenagers down to seniors, and causes drivers to tailgate. And the chatter goes on....
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Is NAVTEQ developing Sat Nag technology?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-10-28 06:47:02
Nobody likes a back seat driver telling you to slow down or change gear. Nobody really likes that annoying satnav woman telling you where to go. Now the two could be combined to produce a sat nag system.


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Ford not taking the mickey on teen driver safety, delivers MyKey
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-10-08 01:37:35
Think of MyKey as the ultimate car key to “parental control” in 2008, letting you set speed and audio volume limits for teen drivers among other safety features. It’s meant to deliver safer driving, improved fuel efficiency and increased parental peace of mind, while parents get their own key without the limitations.


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The ultimate back seat driver
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2008-06-24 14:46:05
If you thought your mother-in-law made a bad passenger, wait until you get a load of the Front Camera System from Vauxhall. This high tech in-car safety system will alert, or nag, you into being a better driver.


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