Showing posts with label Texting while driving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texting while driving. Show all posts
Sunday, November 3, 2013

Why Texting-While-Driving Bans Don't Work

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Today's post was shared by Mother Jones and comes from www.motherjones.com Lost in the clamor for stricter distracted-driving l...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Woman was texting and driving when she caused fatal crash with trucker

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Texting while driving creates an enhanced risk to millions of workers who carefully drive on the roads. While the Federal government has str...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Distracted Driving Accidents Echo Intoxication Caused Injuries

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The New England Journal of Medicine reports that the activism against driving while intoxicated is beginning to be mirrored in distracted d...
Thursday, July 7, 2011

National Cell Phone Ban Proposed by Congress

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Cell phone abuse while driving has been proposed by Congresswoman  Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY4).  Distracted driving accidents are soaring and...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Employers Face a Triple Legal Threat for Distracted Driving Claims

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Employers usually make an "after the fact" reaction to cell phone use that the result in  distracted driving accidents. The mou...
Friday, April 29, 2011

CDC Urges Employers to Prohibit Cell Phone Use While Driving

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The US Centers of Disease Control  (CDC) released its annual census of work related fatalities and identified cell phone use as a major caus...
Monday, April 18, 2011

OSHA To Fine Employers for Distracted Driving Accidents

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OSHA has announced an aggressive program to combat "The Number 1 Killer of Workers," Distracted Driving. The announcement was mad...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

The Trend to Exclude Distracted Driving From Workers' Compensation Coverage

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The trend nationally is to prohibit the use of cell phones in motor vehicles. Such a ban would make use of a cellphone while working a devia...